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Michael Mates on Heseltine resignation

Title
Michael Mates on Heseltine resignation
Genre
Interview
TX Date
Jan 1986
Year of production
1986
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Duration
00:02:23
Description
Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s principal supporter throughout the Westland Helicopters affair, Michael Mates MP, says Heseltine felt gagged within the Cabinet. Heseltine tried to keep the Prime Minister out of the row, but now the European consortium has a much better chance of winning over the Westland shareholders than it did previously. Male interviewer not identified.
Contributors
Michael Mates
Keywords
Government; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Michael Heseltine; Defence; Cabinet ministers; Resignation (political); Westland Helicopters

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