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The Fall of Thatcher - She could have held on

The Fall of Thatcher - She could have held on

Released Monday, 24th June 2019
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The Fall of Thatcher - She could have held on

The Fall of Thatcher - She could have held on

The Fall of Thatcher - She could have held on

The Fall of Thatcher - She could have held on

Monday, 24th June 2019
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Lord Baker was Chairman of the Conservative Party at the time of Margaret Thatcher’s fall. He’d been given the job with specific aim of keeping in No 10 - and until November 1990 all seemed to be going fine. But Mrs Thatcher lost her temper with Geoffrey Howe in cabinet - he resigned - and gave a devastating speech to parliament calling for her to go. Even then he thinks she could have survived had she been willing to schmooze backbenchers, appoint a decent campaign manager, and face down her cabinet. Had she done so - her chairman thinks she would have gone on to an unprecedented fourth election victory


Previous episodes include interviews with politicians Tom King, John Gummer, John Wakeham, Lord Mackay - and officials Robin Butler, Caroline Slocock,Charles Powell, Barry Potter and Desmond Morris

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