Although he was her longest serving cabinet minister, Geoffrey Howe was absolutely right to challenge her on South Africa, amongst other things. Considering how isolated South Africa was at the time, very good reason for it too, he was right to point out how it would look with the country engaging with a racist and authoritarian regime in South Africa would look to the outside world. On a different subject, I would imagine that he would turn in his grave if he knew about what happened with the Brexit vote. Considering his pragmatic approach to Europe and the EU...
I hate the destruction of industry and economic devastation of the north that his monetarist policies caused-but I'm grateful to him and the other 151 tory mps who defenestrated that odious woman
Howe was best known for triggering Thatcher's downfall, but he should have been best known for making her premiership possible in tgd first place.
Sir Geoffrey Howe survived the longest in Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet and his resignation would trigger her downfall.
Although he was her longest serving cabinet minister, Geoffrey Howe was absolutely right to challenge her on South Africa, amongst other things. Considering how isolated South Africa was at the time, very good reason for it too, he was right to point out how it would look with the country engaging with a racist and authoritarian regime in South Africa would look to the outside world.
On a different subject, I would imagine that he would turn in his grave if he knew about what happened with the Brexit vote. Considering his pragmatic approach to Europe and the EU...
R.I.P Geoffrey Howe
Well done Howe - Look where we are now! RIP
I liked him. RIP
+KazgarothUsher So did I
1:49 Douglas Hurd knew Thatcher was over at that point.
"Being attacked by a dead sheep." He certainly had a way with words.
I hate the destruction of industry and economic devastation of the north that his monetarist policies caused-but I'm grateful to him and the other 151 tory mps who defenestrated that odious woman
He was a wonderful and a hard working man.
He was a horrible disgusting tory!
Just days after Healey.
Yeah , two cunts gone in the space of a few days.
+Nathan Hazlett : Rubbish . He was a conscientious objector you fool.
+Matthew Bull So the obituaries are lying? Grow up.
He rid us of culture warrior Margaret Thatcher.
He was the culture warrior himself.
Judas
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