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Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has called for pro-Europeans to “fight back” and battle to rejoin the EU.
The former deputy leader of the Conservatives insists that despite the UK leaving the EU, he will push for Britain to rejoin.
Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has called on MPs and peers to abstain when voting on Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal with the European Union, which he warned will inflict “lasting damage” on the UK.
Britain's decision to leave the EU has seriously undermined the peace efforts in Europe, a former Tory politician has claimed.
Lord Heseltine, who wrote a report called Empowering English Cities in 2019, told Econ Film’s CoronaNomics show that the picture is “infinitely depressing”.
Johnson’s 'unbelievable' Brexit withdrawal agreement decision will be defeated in House of Lords, Lord Heseltine says
09/09/2020
European Commssion demands urgent meeting, as John Major warns of risk to UK’s reputation.
Lord Heseltine delivered the 2018 Hadyn Ellis Lecture at Cardiff University on the 28th November 2018. His subject? What else but Brexit, which he explores in his own inimitable style.
After coronavirus, the UK government can’t afford to play Russian roulette with the EU over a Brexit trade deal - Michael Heseltine
27/06/2020
The battle for foreign investment is not a game conducted on public school playing fields. It is ruthlessly fought by governments armed with every trick in the book.
European Movement’s Brexit Watch initiative aims to highlight impact of EU withdrawal on communities
Battle for UK to remain in the EU is now lost and rejoining won't be prospect for 20 years, admits Lord Heseltine
13/12/2019
Battle under way over shape of UK's future relationship with the remaining European Union.
'Get Brexit done is the biggest delusion of all' - Michael Heseltine launches scathing attack on Boris Johnson.
Tory joins Chuka Umunna and Sam Gyimah in plea to back Lib Dems to stop Brexit
Former Tory grandee accuses Boris Johnson of pursuing an ‘utterly disastrous’ Brexit policy.
The Tory grandee has served under Thatcher and Major - but tonight he said die-hard Tory voters should back either the handful of 'defrocked' Conservatives, or the Lib Dems.
Boris Johnson's plan to 'squat' in Downing Street crosses the 'threshold of insanity', claims Heseltine [3 mins]
07/10/2019
Lord Heseltine has claimed that Boris Johnson has crossed 'the threshold of insanity' by vowing to 'squat' in Downing Street even if he is unseated by MPs. / According to the Sunday Times, Johnson will dare the Queen to sack him rather than resign as prime minister in an attempt to ensure Brexit happens on October 31st.
Boris Johnson plotting scheme to render EU ‘no longer legal’ in desperate bid to escape Brexit trap
08/09/2019
Boris Johnson is threatening to sabotage the EU to make it cave in on a Brexit deal – or reject MPs’ plan to stop the UK crashing out of the bloc.
The Tory hopefuls have made a no-deal Brexit very real – a new Final Say march will remind them of their duty - Michael Heseltine
12/06/2019
The only way to unlock the political impasse is to let the people be heard. / In March I had the honour of addressing a million-strong march of people demanding a Final Say on Brexit. Since then the country has been granted an extension to solve the current crisis.
Michael Heseltine has warned the Conservative leadership candidates that they will never win a general election by following the “poisonous politics of Nigel Farage”, as he said the prospect of 100,000 Tory members choosing the next prime minister filled him with dread.
Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has had the Tory whip suspended after saying he would vote Liberal Democrat at the European elections, a Conservative spokesman said.
Former Tory Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine says he will not vote for the Conservative Party in the European elections on Thursday.
Tories are ‘myopically focused on forcing through biggest act of economic self-harm ever undertaken by a democratic government’, he says. / Tory grandee Michael Heseltine has said he will not be supporting the Conservatives in the European election, and will instead vote Liberal Democrat.