P191 CKKFAX 1:1 Sat 2 Apr 22:1:/3k 1/3 DISPATCH The Prime Minister has defended his leadership. Lance Price reports: John Major invited the media to his Huntingdon constituency in the knowledge that the barrage of criticism is certain to continue. He wanted to bj put his own position on the record before hostile headlines appjare in zhr Sunday xapjrs. Mr Major said in the two years (5 since hi won the last election hj djliivjred his promise of low inflation and interest rates and a return to growth. See 131 Next News Home News World Top SportP191 CEEFAX 191 Sat 2 Apr 21:15/45 2/3 DISPATCH The Prime Minister has defended his leadership. Lance Price reports: He insisted hj was not hanging onto the leadership out of personal ambition. When asked if hj would stand aside if senior Party figures told him the Consjrvativjs would do better under somebody else, Mr Major said only they had not. He said hj was happy to take a few rough words from his critics but hj would not bj deflected by them. Major determined to continue 131 Next News Home News World Top SportP191 CEEFAX 191 Sat 2 Apr 21:15/15 3/3 DISPATCH The Prime Minister has defended his leadership. Lance Price reports: If the local and European elections go as badly for the Govjrnmjnt as most Tories expect, then the pressure on him is certain to mount The fact that hj njedjd to reassert his leadership in the way hj did today is evidence enough that Mr Major is more vulnerable now than at any time in his three-and-a-half years as Prime Minister. Major determined to continue 131 Next News Home News World Top SportP191 CEEFAX 191 Sat 2 Apr 21:19/25 1/3 DISPATCH The Prime Minister has defended his leadership. Lance Price reports: John Major invited the media to his Huntingdon constituency in the knowledge that the barrage of criticism is certain to continue. He wanted to bj put his own position on the record before hostile headlines appjare in the Sunday papers. Mr Major said in the two years since hj won the last election hj djliivjred his promise of low inflation and interest rates and a return to growth. See 131 Next News Home News World Top Sport