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

June 20, 2017

'The Idea of a Hard Brexit Is Not Credible': Lord Heseltine - BBC Newsnight


Emily Maitlis speaks to former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine about the future of the Conservative party and Brexit.

May 22, 2017

Lord Heseltine on Brexit Day: 'We've Lost Power and Influence' – BBC Newsnight


"It's the day in which Britain lost more power and influence than in any other day of my peacetime life.” Lord Heseltine speaks to Emily Maitlis on the day Article 50 was triggered - starting the process of the UK leaving the EU.

Heseltine on Brexit: 'The British People Have Been Sold a Deceitful Pup' - BBC Newsnight (June 2016)


Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine tells Evan Davis that British people were misled by Brexit campaigners, and that - regardless of whether he becomes prime minister - Boris Johnson should be put in charge of negotiations with the EU because "he got us into this mess". He argues there should either be either a second referendum or a general election to make sure the “will of the people” is met.