Originally Posted by rjt:
Indeed he was lucky to have such a safe seat, during Mrs. Thatcher.s time after he had referred to her as a great she elephant he was recommended to the Iron Lady for a knighthood. The poor official shrank in terror when she exploded, ' over my dead body!'.

Glad that Lady Thatcher never gave him a Knighthood.

Critchley represented that europhile 'patrician' wing of the Conservative Party (i.e. Heseltine, Heath, Patten, Meyer, Carrington, Pym, Brittan etc.) who should never have been allowed to become members of the party in the first place.

Some of that lot were/are to the left of many in today's Labour Government.
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