I'm not a Conservative voter, but this is a very insightful documentary. I remember him resigning and my mum saying 'there goes another one'. However, I didn't understand why he went. Now I do. Good on him for sticking to his morals though especially working under such a difficult regime...And my gosh..Geoffrey Howe's speech! Very quietly savage but extremely powerful. Even Maggie had to admit it was the best one he'd done. He had clearly had enough too.
Can't help liking Heseltine and his family - his wife and daughters, his son. Yes, they're clearly well-to-do, but they're not stuck-up. Not at all. They are open and down to earth. I'm working-class and not ashamed to be. But I can recognise something decent in Heseltine and his family. I think, and I could be wrong, it might be something to do with what is called 'old money', breeding that brings decency and a recognition that they have been privileged, and want to put something back. Lord (Peter) Carrington and others of the old Tory 'one nation' patrician party had the same qualities. Don't get me wrong, I've never voted Tory, but the Toryism represented by someone like Heseltine is something I can respect. Sorry to ramble. (I've done a spot of belated research, plus been corrected on here - Michael Heseltine mostly made his own money, so he not, uh, 'old money'. But he seems to characterise most the best qualities of 'old money'.
@@DBIVUK yes, David - I did a bit of late research after I wrote my lil eulogy. Seems Michael mostly made his own money. He did SEEM like 'old money'. Oh well, that will teach me. Still think he's a good guy though. Was impressed with his family. Thanks for your comment anyway.
24:40 serves you bloody right you scabs! Come on, off you plop to those other industries you can apparently rely on (unlike folk in south yorkshire and wales who were left decimated and still do suffer major social affects of the pit closures).
Michael Heseltine is a rarity for me, the possibly one Tory MP I would consider voting for, and one that I would have liked to have become Prime Minister.
I'm no Tory of any kind, but Hestletine was an exceptional politician and compared to the rest of Maggie's senior boys, would've been a much more palatable PM
Maggie the puppet master. although already ousted by her own party - she still had the final say by making sure her man Major got in to succeed her and kept that Heseltine OUT...!!! The Iron Lady to the very end :-))
I find rather perplexing people praising Heseltine as some kind of "nice Tory", despite the Liverpool regeneration(which I am a bit skeptical of as it seems to not be balanced in its economy) look at one of the first things he did when he was President of the Board of Trade and Industry, the mine closures in Nottinghamshire(which had supported the Tory government during the miners' strike in the 1980s).
So what they supported the Tories? The coal mining industry was long dead and nobody should have had preferential treatment based on politics. Thatcher was awfully partisan in the way she treated the situation, hence the divisions amongst the pits, which isn't a model that Heseltine felt obliged to stick to, and rightfully so.
@@clevercypriot1629 Your being deliberately fastidious. A layman thinks of Caesar as an Emperor although historians know his official title he gave himself was 'Dictator for Life'. Brutus lead a rebellion army along with Cassius, has he won at the Battle of Philippi he would have had likely had consulship for a long as he needed to clean up the rest of Brutus's supporters.
@@Freddie1980 No, Brutus was a political idiot. If he wanted extralegal authority for himself he would have sought it after the assassination instead of dragging his feet. Even if I am being overly fastidious, the idea that Heseltine is somehow a traitor is completely ridiculous. He disagreed with the politics of the prime minister of the day and sought to challenge her legally. This is no treason. The idea that someone is bound to never challenge a democratic political leader because they served under them is completely ridiculous, whether buttressed by poorly thought out classical analogies or not.
A spiv, a failed businessman, a man with no background other than politics, a charlatan and a disloyal traitor to Thatcher and the country, and a rema!in!ac tra!t0r
Thank you for posting these older political documentaries, I really appreciate it.
A courageous honourable man and politician. Please that we see his like again.
Thanks very much for uploading this I missed part 2 when it was broadcast in 2000 and it's the first time I've seen it!
Great documentary, thanks.
I'm not a Conservative voter, but this is a very insightful documentary. I remember him resigning and my mum saying 'there goes another one'. However, I didn't understand why he went. Now I do. Good on him for sticking to his morals though especially working under such a difficult regime...And my gosh..Geoffrey Howe's speech! Very quietly savage but extremely powerful. Even Maggie had to admit it was the best one he'd done. He had clearly had enough too.
I really salute his courage and loyalty but even miss him not having been the Prime Minister
Thanks for uploading, watched Part 1 a couple months ago and wasn't able to find Part 2....So, thanks again.
Finally! I saw part 1 and i waoted for 2 for months, thanks david!
Thank you for your uploads. Excellent programs.
Fascinating documentary. Thanks for the upload!
Truly a man of integrity, a man of intellect, and a powerhouse.
Brilliant documentary- thank you David for uploading it!!!
Can't help liking Heseltine and his family - his wife and daughters, his son. Yes, they're clearly well-to-do, but they're not stuck-up. Not at all. They are open and down to earth. I'm working-class and not ashamed to be. But I can recognise something decent in Heseltine and his family. I think, and I could be wrong, it might be something to do with what is called 'old money', breeding that brings decency and a recognition that they have been privileged, and want to put something back. Lord (Peter) Carrington and others of the old Tory 'one nation' patrician party had the same qualities. Don't get me wrong, I've never voted Tory, but the Toryism represented by someone like Heseltine is something I can respect. Sorry to ramble. (I've done a spot of belated research, plus been corrected on here - Michael Heseltine mostly made his own money, so he not, uh, 'old money'. But he seems to characterise most the best qualities of 'old money'.
Heseltine was the classic 'new money' Tory - Alan Clark famously gibed at him that he had "bought all his own furniture" in a very telling remark.
@@DBIVUK yes, David - I did a bit of late research after I wrote my lil eulogy. Seems Michael mostly made his own money. He did SEEM like 'old money'. Oh well, that will teach me. Still think he's a good guy though. Was impressed with his family. Thanks for your comment anyway.
Well worth the wait.
Thanks for uploading! I greatly appreciate it! Heseltine is such a interesting figure. I love your channel and videos!
The old dears can't get enough of him
Thanks for posting.
Had Heseltine not resigned in 1986, he would have become PM, you only become PM by staying inside not by fighting from the outside.
As Rishi found out.
Boris fought from the outside.
24:40 serves you bloody right you scabs! Come on, off you plop to those other industries you can apparently rely on (unlike folk in south yorkshire and wales who were left decimated and still do suffer major social affects of the pit closures).
Excellent really enjoyed
Heseltine is a throughly decent man.
If only politicians today are like him.
We live in a post truth world where decency and manners mean for nothing.
Michael Heseltine is a rarity for me, the possibly one Tory MP I would consider voting for, and one that I would have liked to have become Prime Minister.
I'm no Tory of any kind, but Hestletine was an exceptional politician and compared to the rest of Maggie's senior boys, would've been a much more palatable PM
Maggie the puppet master. although already ousted by her own party - she still had the final say by making sure her man Major got in to succeed her and kept that Heseltine OUT...!!! The Iron Lady to the very end :-))
The Uk changed forever when Blair's New labour came in. So hopeful at the start, but what a mess he made.
What did yu do f all 14:45
Wish tarzan could save em now
20:30 poem he spoke
ITS HESEL-TIME BABY WOOO!!!
Getting Brexit done is the best revenge Thatcher can have on Heseltine and Major
I rather like both but yes indeed.
I find rather perplexing people praising Heseltine as some kind of "nice Tory", despite the Liverpool regeneration(which I am a bit skeptical of as it seems to not be balanced in its economy) look at one of the first things he did when he was President of the Board of Trade and Industry, the mine closures in Nottinghamshire(which had supported the Tory government during the miners' strike in the 1980s).
So what they supported the Tories? The coal mining industry was long dead and nobody should have had preferential treatment based on politics. Thatcher was awfully partisan in the way she treated the situation, hence the divisions amongst the pits, which isn't a model that Heseltine felt obliged to stick to, and rightfully so.
It's been easy to forget with all his recent ramblings/rantings about brexit, just what an exceptional politician he was.
an icon
😂 He achieved virtually nothing.
24:20 31 pits
The conservative party would be much better and europeist with Heseltine running the Tories. It's a pity.
Annabel is certainly a belle. 😍🇬🇧👌
Heseltine should read up on Roman history, if he did he would find that Brutus never got to be Emperor after murdering Caesar.
Julius Caesar wasn't Emperor and Brutus never wanted to be. It's a completely frivolous analogy.
@@clevercypriot1629 Your being deliberately fastidious. A layman thinks of Caesar as an Emperor although historians know his official title he gave himself was 'Dictator for Life'. Brutus lead a rebellion army along with Cassius, has he won at the Battle of Philippi he would have had likely had consulship for a long as he needed to clean up the rest of Brutus's supporters.
@@Freddie1980 No, Brutus was a political idiot. If he wanted extralegal authority for himself he would have sought it after the assassination instead of dragging his feet. Even if I am being overly fastidious, the idea that Heseltine is somehow a traitor is completely ridiculous. He disagreed with the politics of the prime minister of the day and sought to challenge her legally. This is no treason. The idea that someone is bound to never challenge a democratic political leader because they served under them is completely ridiculous, whether buttressed by poorly thought out classical analogies or not.
Rupert looks just like his grandfather.
40:15 "We were the anchors" well, almost right
A spiv, a failed businessman, a man with no background other than politics, a charlatan and a disloyal traitor to Thatcher and the country, and a rema!in!ac tra!t0r
The tragedy was John Major
TWO GROSSLY CONCEITED ROGUES THE COUNTRY COULD DO WITHOUT!
The best Prime Minister we never had
Ken Clarke
Ed Miliband
Tony Benn (prepares to get pelted with right wing agendas haha)
Lies
Britain lost