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michael heseltine grabbed the mace and it was in the 19705. whoops.t was a bill that went through and the way that the votes went were open to question and labour mps started singing the red flag in what he regarded as a triumphant way. and then he grabbed the mace and that led to his great nickname of tarzan. nick, your memory is is phenomenal. well, yeah, but i probably wrong because it's the top of my head. but newscasters know their dates. they will message in to newscast at bbc.co.uk if you're wrong, and of course that was pre—televisualisation of parliament. so, you and i, alex, will never see that. no, no, no. just have to picture it. can't even imagine that. you know, it's always been a kind of constant there in the background of my life. i have spoken about the small confession to make that heard that story many times and just through my whole life, i think when i was younger because of his nickname of tarzan and grabbing them, i sort of pictured him like in a loincloth, doing assume that what he was. yeah, when i was like 12, i don't know. b

first of all, michael heseltine's had a go.ust see exactly what he said in his , see exactly what he said in his, appearance at the hay festival today. this is what he said . today. this is what he said. racism is basically what underpins ukip and reform , i'm underpins ukip and reform, i'm just over 90. i have lived through some of the most tumultuous events of our time, and anyone who is looking for the common theme, it's racism. so reform of racists . nigel. so reform of racists. nigel. >> yep, i've heard that from heseltine time and time again. by heseltine time and time again. by the way, i thought he'd finally been put out to grass, but clearly not. he is, of course, a fanatical pro—european , fanatical globalist. he, if he's in my personal company, he sort of physically has to. i mean, he literally can't speak to you or not, no. not really, not really. i mean, i have done some debates with him head to head, he's filled with bile, hatred, intolerance . he's hatred, intolerance. he's a proper he's a proper, full on, modern

michael heseltine was talking about this being the most important issue in terms of trade, security andon, but neither party wants to talk about it.— to talk about it. labour was talking about votes _ to talk about it. labour was talking about votes for _ to talk about it. labour was talking about votes for 16-year-olds, - to talk about it. labour was talking about votes for 16-year-olds, you | about votes for 16—year—olds, you might say that a fairly trivial issue when it comes to the economy and the state of public services, is that because the manifestos have not been published? both parties are working desperately on their manifestos and we will see some specifics there, we will see a different, shorter and more general sort of prospectus coming forward from both parties because last time round jeremy corbyn was criticised for putting too much detail in the manifesto and that seem to cost him votes. �* ., , ., , ., votes. both parties are trying to kee this votes. both parties are trying to keep this as _ votes. both parties are trying to keep this as general— votes. both parties ar

he's taking on his remain nemesis, michael heseltine , and going to be heseltine, and going to be discussinga deal with the tories. and would you believe it? protests have broken out in the sunny houday have broken out in the sunny holiday spot of majorca over , holiday spot of majorca over, you guessed it, tourism. we'll have more on that story in just a moment. but first, here's the news with polly middleton first in the gb newsroom . in the gb newsroom. >> camilla, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story this hour. the prime minister's been hitting out at plans by junior doctors to stage another round of strikes next month. members of the british medical association will walk out for five days starting from the

he's taking on his remain nemesis, michael heseltine , and going to be heseltine, and going to be discussingl with the tories. and would you believe it? protests have broken out in the sunny houday have broken out in the sunny holiday spot of majorca over , holiday spot of majorca over, you guessed it, tourism. we'll have more on that story in just a moment. but first, here's the news with polly middleton first in the gb newsroom . in the gb newsroom. >> camilla, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story this hour. the prime minister's been hitting out at plans by junior doctors to stage another round of strikes next month. members of the british medical association will walk out for five days starting from the 27th of june. speaking at a campaign event just this afternoon, rishi sunak said it was politically motivated and not in the interests of patients or staff . or staff. >> today's action by the junior doctors on the same day as the labour party are having a health day does slightly ponder the question as to whether this is politically motivated. it's hard to escape that co

would be a one party state and would be very poor for government big majorities, as actually michael heseltine so sorry, francis pym said in the 1980s. >> re—election three yes, much to the fury of margaret thatcher, who then sacked him after the election for saying it, he had he was quite a lot of humble pie on the election broadcast that evening when he was asked that question again and again and again. >> but it's true, very big majorities are not necessarily good for government, and a majority of 306 would be back to national government. majority style of the 1930s. and that wasn't necessarily a government we should be proud of . we should be proud of. >> 1930s we had appeasement aside. we had quite high economic growth and lots of house building. >> oh, we did neville chamberlain as a chancellor was quite successful there. so as a prime minister, well, shall we remind ourselves now of what nigel farage had to say a little earlier in this programme, this is, of course , a figure that has is, of course, a figure that has been on the lips of most psephologists and political observers. what m