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Originally Posted by davebtelford
Thatcher was increasingly unpopular with the electorate which threatened the chances of the Tories winning a future General Election. When Geoffrey Howe severely criticised her stance on Europe in his resignation speech Michael Heseltine launched a leadership bid. Being advised by a number of close colleagues that she would lose a leadership election she decided to stand down.
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I talked at length with Heseltine just after that, when he came to Accrington Con, he was arriving earlier than expected and JKH was running late, so he asked me to meet him and apologies and keep him happy while he got there, a very interesting 45 minutes
