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Michael Heseltine

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Michael Heseltine

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Also known as Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine

British Conservative politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Person · Open Library

Born
1933
Works
13

Top works

  • The British economy
  • The democratic deficit
  • Deregulation
  • Faith in the city
  • Investing in water

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Type
Person

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Quotes

  • I was unwarrantably provoked by the singing of The Red Flag. [...] I thought "here is a neo-Marxist group in the House of Commons." Having cheated over the motion, cheated in the lobbies, I thought that in the circumstances they might as well have the mace as well!I rapidly realised this was a reflection on the authority of the Speaker and the House I tried to apologise and will do so unreservedly as soon as I can.
  • I knew that, "He who wields the knife never wears the crown."
  • The market has no morality.
  • Polluted rivers, filthy streets, bodies bedded down in doorways are no advertisement for a prosperous or caring society.
  • If I have to intervene to help British companies... I'll intervene—before breakfast, before lunch, before tea and before dinner. And I'll get up the next morning and I'll start all over again.
  • I have followed the inspiration of Churchill, Macmillan, Heath and Thatcher, who gave Britain a leading position in one of the power blocks of the 21st century. I have seen that overturned on a cynical exploitative combination of promises led by Boris Johnson. He won a large majority on the slogan Get Brexit Done. Yet here we are, years later, when the criticism, even from its most fanatical supporters like Nigel Farage, is that Brexit has failed.

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