“Now, in answer to the question would we use force in the Middle East. I don't know...I hope not. We have no plans to, it is conceivable, I guess. It would be almost as bad as the seven days in May. You conjure up a situation where there is another oil embargo, and the people in this country are not only inconvenienced and uncomfortable, but suffer.” PeopleKnowsMayCountryUseWould BeSufferingForceAnswersSituationPlansMiddleSevenJewOilEastUncomfortableMiddle EastSeven DaysEmbargo Author:George Scratchley Brown
“During the 1960s, and again in the 1970s, growth in manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom was the lowest of all the seven major industrial countries in the world. During the 1980s, our annual rate of growth of output per head in manufacturing has been the highest of all the seven major industrial countries.” WorldHas BeensCountryGrowthUnitedMajorsHighestSevenRateProductivityKingdomsLowest1960sManufacturingAnnualsOutputUnited Kingdom Author:Nigel Lawson