initiative without really giving any warning to the allies, prime minister thatcher believed that he was building a bubble over the united states that would separate us from europe and that it was costly, it wouldn t work. came to camp david in december of 1984 and just gave a withering criticism, quite penetrating, of why this was a great bad idea. the president rallied tried to do the best he could. but we papered over it, this was a cordial exchange. said, bud, why don t you go over to london after the christmas holiday and see if you can t get margaret to at least not be quite so local visibly. well, i hadn t gotten two paragraphs in my talking points before she held up her hand. and i got the same handbaging that the president had. and toward the end, i said,
initiative without really giving any warning to the allies, prime minister thatcher believed that he was building a bubble over the united states that would separate us from europe and that it was costly, it wouldn t work. came to camp david in december of 1984 and just gave a withering criticism, quite penetrating, of why this was a great bad idea. the president rallied tried to do the best he could. but we papered over it, this was a cordial exchange. said, bud, why don t you go over to london after the christmas holiday and see if you can t get margaret to at least not be quite so local visibly. well, i hadn t gotten two paragraphs in my talking points before she held up her hand. and i got the same handbaging that the president had. and toward the end, i said,
they had good reason to do so. internally and externally, actually. mrs. thatcher had a well-deserved reputation for being a stubborn and determined leader. she was intent on getting her way. her uncompromising style gave rise to the slightly sexist term, i think, handbaging. that refers to the way in which she carried a large handbag and perhaps more fittingly, she bludgeoned her political colleagues. she bludgeoned ronald reagan. i think they always got along pretty well. she was the first female prime minister having entered the male-dominated house of commons as an outsider, certainly within the conservative party. her origins were more humble than those of her colleagues on the conservative benches when she joined the members of the house of commons, she became a chemist, studied at oxford and
to 14 years in prison for the murder of a black teenage, stevon moore, at least two decades ago. the judge said they committed a terrible and evil crime because of racial hatred. they were convicted with new forensic evidence that was not available back then. for the first time in more than 50 years, a british foreign secretary is in myanmar. william hague is meeting with government officials bringing a message of reform and offering britain s help. he s also meeting with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. her party has been re-establi re-established and will be part of elections in april. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. our top stories this thursday, january 5th european investors are on edge as greece sounds the alarm and france faces a big test on the bond markets. a