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Progs. 6 and 8.30 pm CHARIOTS OF FIRE (A) Dir. Hugh Hudson Prod. David Putnam with Ian Charreson a nd Ben Cross Late night Fri./Sat. 11 pm Akira Kurosawa 's SEVEN SAMUARI (X) S10p Pre:n: Chanon oj I-ire n·wi11ed fU'\t 11'1'1'"· 2 April 30th 1981 WHICH ROAD TO RECOVERY? "And three million unemployed. Edinburgh ::,omcone muttered. a:-. Lord Jame!! Un iversity hosts the warmed 10 1hc subject of a thou~a nd new Job~ in Dundee. national debate Lord Jame!! and Mr Dougl:i.~ llend£'rson. !!peaking for Labour. With the ,,armlh or a spring day in:,.istcd on :,.1id,mg to the nut:,, and I flooding in through the library boll:-. of the econom). 13ut there were "indo,,s. all ,,a~ pace and scrcnitv in really light }Car!, bel\\een them. with the castle. l'hc tickin.g or ~, clock: the Lord Jame!! urging patience a nd occa!-.ional dim challcr of a bird~ong. re!iolvc in !il 1ck 111 g out our prc!-.ent {~C ear~cst discussion of gentl emen mone1ari!>t cour~e. wh ile Mr I seated in front of the fi replace. I knder!,on pointed to growth and Gentlemen sent here - to Carbcrrv expansion a!, 1h e only hope for Tm,cr, near Edinburgh - b)' the fi,~ Britarn. before it wa!-. too late. major political partic~ in Scotland, to On public ~pending. for m!.tance: debate the cam,cs and remedies of Lord Jame~dcfended the Tory cub on Britain\ economic predicament. financial ground!,, lh it mean~ le:,.:,, The, had come on Sunda,, to th i~ borrowing by the Government. most i·dyll ic of settings. as p~rt of a n wherea!i Mr I knder~on advocated cxpcrimc111 .1 I course in po litics held by incre.a:-.ed !,pending on !,ocial ground:,, th e Ex tra-Mural Studies Ocpl. Thus a!, it means more ho!,pital bed~ and pens11•c par11Clf}t111tj in lajt 11 ·,·,·kem/'j debau•. the high-lc,,cl nati ona l debate on the n,c more qualified ::,tudent!i. ··Reduce economy s,, ung north to Ed inburgh public spending. <tnd we give pri vate University. industry a breathing ~pace," :-.a id And there ,, as somethi ng qui te "Only political realignment. with Nuts and bolt s Lord J ames. "lncrea:,.c public different about th e debate no n - a nen Liberab and Social Democrat!! a!, the spending. and we give private indu!itr} spi rit a broad h, the middle ground of the vanguard of a political movement. Thi!! wa!i marvellous !,luff. thi!i more con1ract:.." !laid Mr Hender~on. Brit ish poli tical !icene. n hose energeti c will unite the countr}.". declared Mr 1deall !,m. Meanwhile 1he partyslave!i optimism embraces not onh the Will~. Mr Smith remained non of the Labour and Tor y fl edgeling Social Democrats. b·ut the commital. Mr Wilb 1n evi1abl} btabli!ihment tended to !la} ··Yah!'" Liberal Part y as \'!e ll. produced 1h e election resu h !i of 19 74 and "Boo! .. rather a lot at one Fighting a different battle - when !i iX 1111lhon Liberal vo1ers got anolher. though about a matter which The ~pokesmen for those parties Who wa::, to be believed"! Everyone? offered thl." ~ame solution. A~ only a handful of M P\ - as proof of !ieemed more immediately pre~!, ing the need fo r political change. than political realignment - the Mr Wills conceded tha1 the Liberal repre~cnta t1 ves of the long-forsaken Party have no money. Mr Smith "centre ... they both insisted that ··Dcmocrati!ic". called Wilb and economy. Smith, and Prof. Ne il MacCormick or Lord J ames Dougla!i-l la mil lon. conceded that the Social Dcmocrab profound changes in our traditional have no policies on money. Prof. political structure - rather than 1he SNP. who abo reali!ied that Govcrnmenl Whip and Com,ervative Proportional Reprc!ientation would member for Edinburgh West. having MacCormick conceded that the short-term economic measures - Scouish Na tional ists !ieem to have no were prerequisites for recovery. be necessary for the ascendancy o f hi:-. previously taken the moral tlak from own relatively small party. the idealist!, of the Centre over policie!, a t al l. other than tho~c ofsclf Mr Keith S mith. of the Social govcrnment ... "Our fir:-.t problem i!, Democrats. traced the nation's main Prof. MacCormick wa!i keen to Hea1h's ··con!,piracy .. with Slater identify wi1h this new-found strength Walker and Thatcher':-. reduction of that we seem to be a one-plank party. proble m back to the lndusirial with crankiness, paranoia. and Revolution. and the continuation of of the Centre. "There arc other foreign aid. now demonstrated that poli1ical soluti on!! which people ought Mrs T's economic policy is in fact the porridge pourirlg out of our ea·r!i. the two-clas!i !i trugglc thereafter: .. the which lead!, to our second problem. $ons of the managers still go on to rule to consider," he conceded. ··Together. road to recovery. we must democratise and we mu!it Looking every in ch 1he haught} that we don't get enough vote!,." Ver} the sons of the managed... He candid remarks but then how much compared thi~ with more dynamic ha ve deccntrali~;.11ion. No lo nger aristocrat. Lord James didn't ever do these men really ha ve 10 hide"/ societies like the American and the would ·1he largest o rganised maJority have to gri t his teeth as he declared. in in Westminster' be able 10 form our those time-honoured word~. that "the For. as Mr Smith himself so abl} German. where there was less demons1rated. the battle in Brili::, h · _polarisation of society, therefore more government.·· Bnt1!ih recession is bottoming o u1. .. politics has for long been over the ov_erall prosperity A hush descended over the !i-mall He pomted ou1 out how the To rie~ gathering as Mr Wills of the Liberals had inhented I sq inflation and I Vi economic matter:,, and ib combatant:,, Liberal Mr Har r y Wi ll s, have been the force!! of Left and Right. Parliamentaty ca ndidat e for leanl forward from hi ~ chair: "We million unemployed from 1hc Labour should look beyond contemplatin g government. and how thing!, had got not 1hese forces of the centre. Midlothian, offered a different And. despite their new-found unity definition of this divisiveness. our own naveb. It\ people we're worse a~ Mr!, Thatcher had been talking about, and peopk come lirs1:· forced to pa y off the Labour debt~. and strength in number!!. despite the describing its effects on successive impressive array of noble ideals a nd post-war Labour and Conservative Prof. Ma cCor mi ck fr eque ntl y But she had weathered the· storm. impressed upqn us " the need for returned the cou(11ry to economic radical polit ical reforms put forward governments: "lheir first priority has on Sunday. the !ipoke!,mcn of the new always been to pay back their equit y and ju!ilice in our society." Mr stability: and now. ju!it around the centre st ill seemed unequipped lO pa ymasters. the trade unions on the Smith di!,misscd the !,elfish haggling corner. lie an 8<;() inflation rate and a of the main parties as ··Yah! Boo!" return to ju!,l about the lowc!it light the battle. o ne hand and the bastions of big Lindsay Macdonald busin~ss on the o ther. poli1ics. Minimum Lending Rate in the We ~t. Overseas NEWS DIGEST Book Agency Brewing up a job Deadlines Students A young unemployed Sco1 b to Please remember that monies a nd st;HI work a t Traquair Hou~e. lnnerleithen. whe re there is a small Edinburgh Uniycrsity Students' response to the difficult situation now unsold books/records not uplifted by brewery. as part o r the Manpower Associatio n launched an a ppeal last facing students from overseas. For a Friday 8th May will grate[ull y be Se rvices Commission's Youth Oppor wee k in order to raise funds to help a very small sacrifice on the part of treated as donations, unless you come tunit ies Programme. student from South Africa to study at in before then a nd ask that they be re those of us here in Edinburgh The MSC arc also finding place!, for Edinburgh University. The Un iversity accepted for sale next month. Universit y, we may be able to raise the young unemployed with Lothian currently has a Southern African Books etc. wi ll not be on sale during sufficien1 funds to enable a student Regional Council. Midlothian Scholarship Appeal Fund, but the from Southern Africa to study here the week ending 8th May to avoid District Council, a Kirkcaldv dentiSt fund is not sufficient to meet the cost congestion during the withdrawal/re who otherwise would not be able to do and with the Richard Cave Multiple of even one student studying at acceptance period. so. This in itself will be a worthy Schlcrosis Holiday Home. North Edinburgh University, given the large achievement. At the same time, we As from Monday I Ith May, the Berwick. increases in fees for students from hope to make students and staff more Agency wi ll open from 1300- 1400 overseas. The fees-now range from aware of the effects of the Govern Mondays and Wednesdays only, until Springsteen Deadline £2,650 for arts students to £6, I 50 fo r ment's policy on overseas student fees.