Portillo on Thatcher (2008)

The Lady's Not for Spurning

Former cabinet minister Michael Portillo assesses the legacy and continued influence of Margaret Thatcher on the Conservative Party. He talks with former colleagues about the highs of the Thatcher years and the lows that followed for the Tories, speaking frankly about his own personal regrets and the damage Thatcher inflicted on the party in the wilderness years after John Major's premiership.

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Michael Portillo

Self

Margaret Thatcher

Self (Archive Footage)

Ken Clarke

Self

William Hague

Self

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