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Jun 2018
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The Thatcher and Major Governments in Re...

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
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Speaker(s): Kenneth Clarke, Professor Tony Travers | This event, in memory of Maurice Fraser, will see former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke in conversation with LSE's Tony Travers and Kevin Featherstone. Kenneth Clarke, MP for Rushcliffe since 1970, held several Ministerial offices in the Governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major - as Secr ... Show More
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