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...block British progress. In 1963 and again in 1967, British hopes of joining Europe foundered on Charles de Gaulle's imperious no. This time the French mood is different, as was obvious during last month's summit meeting between President Georges Pompidou and Prime Minister Edward Heath. "They are bantering and joking with us," reports a delighted British negotiator. "Their orders clearly are 'Get it through...
...irony is that this time it is the British who may keep themselves out of the Common Market. British sentiment has turned sharply against a linkup. Aware of the strong antiMarket tide, Heath said last week that he would not submit the entry issue to Parliament until after the summer recess and the annual party conferences in early October. By that time he hopes that an extensive government publicity campaign will have rallied grass-roots support for EEC membership, but it is just as possible that the opposition will have become more deeply entrenched. Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson...
Economic Effects. Britain would experience the severest jolts of all. Most ranking British politicians feel that Ted Heath would have to step down as Prime Minister if Britain failed to get in. The Labor Party would also face an internal feud, since Deputy Party Leader Roy Jenkins and Shadow Foreign Minister Denis Healey are both publicly committed to Britain's joining Europe...
...Place to Turn. Heath's efforts to overcome such objections will be greatly handicapped by the country's growing economic difficulties, which most Britons attribute to his austere policies. The latest Gallup poll showed Heath's popularity to be at its lowest point since he took office one year ago; only 31% of those questioned approved of his performance. In addition, the Tories trail Labor by 18 points in voter preference, a reading that has been substantiated in Labor victories in recent by-elections for Commons seats. There are presently 800,000 unemployed British workers, the highest...
...announced on Commencement Day by its author, the recipient of a Harvard honorary. Of late, though, the recipients in this category have tended to be more obscure men, cabinet ministers in small European or Latin American countries. This year's recipient could be England's Prime Minister Ted Heath, France's Premler Georges Pompidon, or more likely, someone more obscure-possibly the poet-President of Chad who is reportedly in Boston this week. No one in the present U.S. Administration is likely to be considered...