Michael Heseltine | Conservative Party | People and politics | 1976 | Part one

Conservative politician Michael Heseltine (now Baron Heseltine) speaks to Llew Gardner about his views on trade unions and also the conservative mantra of 'Free Enterprise'. This episode of People and politics was filmed in Luton in front of an audience of Trade unionists.
First shown: 06/12/1976
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[@Thoughtbubble788]

7:32 "We have become an apathetic society, we don't bother to vote in local government we don't bother to vote in trade union elections and then we complain like buggery about the people who get in when they don't do what we want them to do." - So relevant to the situation today.

[@stevehoulihan726]

He's always had epic hair.

[@schlongersaurus]

Hes an eboy

[@barryballsit4944]

Please post more political history from this era please

[@AnneH1021]

Can’t dislike the man!

[@explorer806]

All that ciggy smoke in the audience!

[@ajs41]

People are getting obese today because they don't smoke, but we mustn't mention that, must we!

[@darkerspec8275]

Andy JS just look after your health it’s not hard

[@schlongersaurus]

@@ajs41 would you rather have lung cancer

[@MachivelianBear]

@@schlongersaurusyes

[@tubularbill]

This argument sounds like today....

[@valvlog4665]

Much talk about job losses from improved productivity. This talk was long before off-shoring to cheap labor cost countries arrived. Imagine someone from the future was there to tell them ALL your manufacturing jobs are going away to China, Pakistan and Vietnam. They'd say you were talking tommy rot.

[@masoodahmed2041]

Imagine Diane Abbott speaking like this!! Growing up in the 1980s and 90s I was stupid Democratic socialist but now have been Conservative since my early 30s now aged 45.

[@nifralo2752]

Tories say socialism is bad, yet has 0 ecomomic policy outside of selling the country to the Chinese Communist Party. If Hitler were in power today all hed have to do is by up all our industry from Johnson et al then switch off our electricity before bombing the crap out of us. If we went to wat with China they would shut us down without firing a single bullet.

[@yoya4766]

This man failed at everything he ever did. Never failed to be a snobby toff though.

[@davebarcroft5910]

Did well for Liverpool

[@erniemccracken2429]

He failed to become PM, but he had a pretty successful career otherwise. Became a millionaire at a young age too.

[@bf1255]

Damn, it would be an honor to meet Tarzan in person.

[@MarcLudford]

Whats he on about ?