Sunday, March 31, 2019

Interview: Michael Heseltine: ‘Britain Is Stepping Down from World Pre-eminence’


THE GUARDIAN: The veteran Tory Remainer on the British leaders of his lifetime and how he came to be the hero of the Put it to the People march

Lord Heseltine is a Conservative politician and businessman. He served as an MP between 1966 and 2001 and now sits in the House of Lords. He has held several government positions, including defence secretary under Margaret Thatcher and deputy prime minister under John Major, and worked as an adviser to David Cameron. He lives in Northamptonshire with his wife, Anne, and is co-founder of the publishing company Haymarket. A longstanding Europhile, he is now a prominent critic of Brexit. » | Dorian Lynskey | Sunday, March 31, 2019