19 SEPTEMBER 1981, page 4

Notebook

I had rather feared that after the humiliating failure of his magazine Now! Sir James Goldsmith might have lost interest completely in the public affairs of this country.......

Portrait O F

the Week Mrs Thatcher took steps to ensure that the Cabinet presented a united front — by sacking or demoting ministers who had disagreed with her. Lord Soames, Sir Ian Gilmour......