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Examines the political career of Roy Jenkins, member of the Parliament in Great Britain. Changing ideology of Jenkins; His intention to oust the Labour Party from power; His performance under the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Talks about the failure of premiership favorites in Great Britain. Herbert Morrison, home secretary in Winston Churchill's wartime coalition; Rab Butler, a Tory leader; Keith Joseph, the tortured guru who converted Margaret Thatcher to free-market economics.

Focuses on developments of relevance to British politics. Official hostility between the Conservative and the Labor parties; Deliberate attempt of the British Finance Minister to humiliate Kenneth Clarke, the only supporter of the monetary union in the cabinet; Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Comments on the British television show `Annie's Bar' which allegedly offer viewers a vulgar, crude, seedy and grotesquely overdone caricature of parliament and its members. Moral destruction perpetrated by the Thatcher government; Parliamentary process as a cheapjack exercise in boot-licking; Reflection of the programmers' prejudices.

Comments on the need of the British Labour Party leader, Tony Blair to learn about capitalism. Criticism of Blair's leadership; Importance of a Marxist perspective on the economy.

Comments on the probable posthumous reaction of former Tory member of Parliament Godfrey Nicholson, to his daughter, Emma Nicholson's defection from the British Tory party. Changes in the Parliamentary Conservative Party; Inability to tolerate the incompetence of John Major's government.

Comments on the ineptitude of Tory Members of Parliament in Great Britain. Venality of Prime Minister John Major's ministers and backbenchers; Corruption within the Tory party; Representation of private interests in parliament.

Presents Peter Hain's ideas on running the economy and government of Great Britain. Contention that while caution might not prevent the Labour Party's winning, it threatens to lose them political struggle that will follow the election; Idea of libertian socialism; Need for the Labour government to have full employment rather zero inflation as its first priority.

Focuses on the declining popularity of the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Earlier predictions regarding the demise of the Labour Party; Effect of the decline of class politics in the country; Impact of the emergence of the Social Democratic Party; Collapse of support for the Conservative Party at the grassroots level; Political changes which affected the party.

Discusses the results of the leadership elections in Great Britain's Conservative Party. Features of the elections; Implications for rightists in the party; Implications of John Major's victory.

Comments on the belief of most people that the main purpose of Tory backbenchers in their machinations in Westminster to settle on the leader who offers the best prospects for keeping the Conservative Party in office. Implications of the faith in the altruistic nature of Conservative Members of Parliament; Developments on the Tory benches; Opinion of observers of the Westminster scene on the developments.

Focuses on Margaret Thatcher's criticism of British Prime Minister John Major. Tour of radio and television studios; Denunciation of Major's premiership; Complaints about tax increases; Thatcher's weak claim as defender of British interest in Europe; Comparison with Tony Benn.

Discusses the life and character of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Family and political background; Pride in her naive simplicity; Consequences to Labour Party leader Tony Blair of the praise heaped on him by Thatcher.

Presents the author's recollection of his experiences during the Victory in Europe (VE) Day celebrations in 1945. Description of the atmosphere in Great Britain during VE Day; Reasons for the atmosphere; Comment on the conditions in Great Britain 50 years after VE Day.

Focuses on British Conservative Party leader Jeremy Hanley's order against the British Broadcasting Corp.'s (BBC) plan to provide live coverage of the Labor Party's special conference on April 30, 1995. Effect on the Labor Party's relationship with BBC; Conservatives' practice of intimidating broadcasters.

Discusses concerns regarding British Labour Party leader Tony Blair's plans to run for Prime Minister. Decreasing credibility of the federal government; Doubts regarding Blair's ability to match the expectations of the people; Need for the Labour Party to think of alternatives rather than criticize the existing state of affairs.

Discusses British politics from the 1970s to the 1990s. Sir George Gardiner's article that ferociously attacked Chancellor Kenneth Clarke for allegedly playing down the significance of a single Euro-currency; Gardiner's espousal of political concepts that take the country back into the 19th century; Claim of being the voice of the Tory party.

Discusses the impact of the endorsement by Great Britain Prime Minister John Major's cabinet of a public-sector pay settlement on Labor Party's political campaign. Acknowledgement of Rowntree Foundation's study on growing social inequality; Labor leader Tony Blair's exploitation of the situation by publishing his views on public welfare.

Comments on developments related to politics and government in Great Britain as of January 27, 1995. Liberal Democrats' launch of a document which claims that Labour Party policies cost more taxpayers' money; Labour Party leader Tony Blair's failure to publish his proposals for Clause Four.

Comments on Ian Lang, Member of Parliament from Great Britain's Conservative Party. Degree of independence enjoyed by Scottish secretaries from dictations by the Treasury; Lang's decision to distance himself from the rightward trend of his government; Lang's denunciation of ideology as a basis for rational action by a Tory government; Accusations against Tony Blair of the Labour Party.

Discusses highlights of the `Tribune'-sponsored conference in Great Britain about the future of the leftists and rightists and the Guardian/Fabian Society conference. Defeatism displayed by supporters of left-wing candidates; Commitment to the achievement of full employment.

Opinion. Comments on policies of the British government under Prime Minister John Major. Incident with West German correspondent by Margaret Thatcher; Thatcher's victory over miners; Controversy over recommendations on police service; Hodgepodge of privatization; End of impartiality in civil service; Danger in disclosure.

Discusses the Thatcherites' feeling of betrayal over Prime Minister John Major. Sunday Telegraph's attacks on Major's government; Belief that Major deceived Margaret Thatcher for her support; Lamentable performance as prime minister; Lack of unity of former Thatcher supporters.

Discusses the British Labour Party's political platforms. Absence of the party's comprehensive policies on wide variety of issues; Inoperability of modest tax increases proposed by Labour;Blaming tax proposals for John Major's return; Similarities to 1959 election; Loss of Labour due to divisions and tax policy.

Points out that the British Labour Party is being guided by people who do not have its best interests at heart. Labour Party's opposition to John Major's government; Election of Neil Kinnock by mass ballot; Advice to separate Labour from the unions; Sensibility of compromise.