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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Achilles who wrote (1143)7/19/1999 12:35:00 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
Actually, it was two things: the poll tax, as you say, and the sense that she was taking a hard line against European integration, and might cause Britain to be left out....But there were plenty of Tory "wets" who were waiting for an excuse, anyway. She had enough clout left to thwart Heseltine and install Major, but not enough to stay....
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