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1: Michael Heseltine: From Thatcher to Sunak

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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Is That Your Memories as a Journalist?

I remember him once telling me how much his suits cost and it was kind of what I paid for a car. He kept talking about how good his relationship was with Mrs Thatcher. Was that your memory as a journalist? Not at all. Michael had a lot of powerful, significant people in the parliamentary party. You know, he didn't have that many in government, but he had quite a lot on the backbenches or in junior ministerial places. But Tony and I were absolutely the leaders of the pack against Thatcher in terms of the media. And we shared an absolute desperation to get rid of her. How could I put it? Michael was quite close to me, Tony. And I

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