Showing posts with label Lord Heseltine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lord Heseltine. Show all posts

Monday, June 03, 2024

Is This the Most 'Dishonest' General Election Campaign in Memory? | LBC

Jun 1, 2024 | Lord Heseltine says electoral candidates are being 'dishonest' by not talking about Brexit.


I am totally disenfranchised because no party is offering to take us back into the EU, where we belong. Brexit was a ridiculous move, a move which is impoverishing the nation, and will continue to do so. Lord Heseltine is absolutely right about Brexit; though I disagree with Lord Heseltine's assessment of Rishi Sunak. For me, Sunak, being an arch-Brexiteer, has been part of the problem, not part of the solution. I, for one, cannot vote for any party which dodges the issue of Europe, and refuses to confront, head on, the absurdity of Brexit. – © Mark Alexander

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Michael Heseltine on Suella, Enoch Powell and Saving Liverpool | The News Agents

Sept 29, 2023 | Michael Heseltine is a politician with a long political memory. He heard Neville Chamberlain declare war on Germany in 1939. He saw Suez unfold. He attended Churchill’s funeral. …

Monday, November 13, 2023

'David Cameron Has Exactly the Sort of Status This Country Requires', Says Lord Heseltine

Nov 13, 2023 | Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine says he is "absolutely delighted" to see David Cameron "back on the frontline of politics", after the former PM was appointed as foreign secretary. The appointment came after Suella Braverman was fired as home secretary and James Cleverly appointed to replace her, leaving the top job open at the foreign office.

Monday, September 04, 2023

"You Can't BEAR The Truth!" Lord Heseltine Blasts TalkTV Hosts Over Brexit

Feb 14, 2023 | Piers Morgan Uncensored hosted by Richard Tice and Isabel Oakeshott takes a dramatic turn as the pair are joined by former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Michael Heseltine to debate whether the government should accept that Brexit has failed. Remainer Lord Heseltine thinks you only need to look at the newspapers to accept "Brexit is dead" - but Isabel argues that the process of leaving the EU has only been held up because of people like him. Former Brexit MEP Ann Widdecombe and family lawyer Paula Rhone-Adrien also have their say after Heseltine ends his interview by giving Richard and Isabel a good telling-off...


The only person worth listening to in this video is the distinguished Lord Heseltine. By and large, the rest of them talked nonsense. Especially the self-gratifying liar, Richard Tice, the young lady in red sitting beside him, and Ann Widdecombe who always has far too much to say for herself. – © Mark Alexander

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Why the Panic among Boris Johnson’s Allies? Because They Know Brexit Is Unravelling

THE GUARDIAN – OPINION: There is an air of desperation in attacks from those on the right and their supporters in the press. They fear if Johnson falls, the Brexit deception will crumble too

‘We all have a clear memory of the Brexit campaign and what was said.’ Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Did something change this month? Having proclaimed the Brexit referendum triumph of 2016 as the unique achievement of Boris Johnson and praised his historic success in the election three years later with the slogan “get Brexit done”, did the wreckers of the European dream slowly begin to realise that if Johnson goes, it shifts the sands from beneath their feet?

I’m the president of European Movement – Andrew Adonis is chair – and between us we agreed that this link needed a public airing. Learning from the direct and simple messaging of the anti-European newspapers, we felt the phrase: “If Boris goes, Brexit goes” said it clearly enough. Adonis duly tweeted it,to the horror of the pro-Brexit press.

The past few weeks have been a torrid time for the prime minister. He designed a set of restrictions he said were of critical importance for our safety and for the ability of the NHS to cope with the pandemic. He was right to do so. But disclosures since give the clearest impression that he not only broke the rules, but that he also misled parliament.

Johnson said he would accept the findings of Sue Gray’s inquiry, in stark contrast to his treatment of Sir Alex Allan’s report into the home secretary’s behaviour in 2020. » | Michael Heseltine * | Wednesday, February 16, 2022

* Lord Heseltine was the deputy prime minister under John Major and a member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet from 1979 until 1986