But about 90% of Greeks, according to opinion polls, are against the war, including the unruly barons in Mr Simitis's party.

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But for all his passionate logic Mr Powell was unable in the 1960s to persuade the barons of the Conservative Party to abandon the Keynesian policies of the post-war years.

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