Caribbean Report 22-11-1990

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Special report on the resignation of Margaret Thatcher.

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1. Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving British Prime Minister in the 20th century, announced her intention to resign from office today.
2. Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica, comments on the events as one of the first persons to speak to Mrs. Thatcher after her resignation.
3. Guyanese-born British MP Bernie Grant states that Mrs. Thatcher’s resignation is long overdue and speculates on her successor.
4. Luline Champagnie, the first black woman to be chosen to fight a seat for the Conservative Party, hints that this does not mark the end of Mrs. Thatcher in the political realm.
5. Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-born journalist in Britain, examines the factors that lead to Mrs. Thatcher’s resignation and her future successor.
6. Professor Neville Duncan of the University of the West Indies comments on the unlikelihood of a similar political scenario occurring in the Caribbean.
7. The report ends with an excerpt of a speech by Margaret Thatcher in the Parliament two days earlier.

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