ON THE WORLD SCENE - Gene H Hogberg - April 02, 1979

Gene H Hogberg

BRITISH GOVERNMENT FALLS; NEW ELECTIONS SET: Last Wednesday, British Prime Minister James Callaghan's minority Labor government was toppled from power by one vote in the House of Commons. The vote — 311 to 310 on a censure motion brought by the opposition Conservatives under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher — placed Callaghan in the embarrassing position of being the first prime minister to be ousted on a confidence vote since Ramsay MacDonald was ejected from office some 55 years ago. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library