Lord Michael Heseltine | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union 

I have been a socialist all my life and will continue to be so, but truly admire this Heseltine speech and his common sense. Thank you Sir!

Heseltine will be remembered more so than many of his contemporaries. As a Statesman he remained committed to certain consistent considerations..formed as he mentions through historic realism and realistic reasoning. I fear for our current crop of politicians who and by profile is garnered through social media polls rather than conviction led politics. People in latter age tend to be more reflective rather than motivated. It is to Oxfords preeminence that would engage him to a packed audience

I am also happy to go down the memory lane in remembering that we used to study Heseltine's speeches with my fellow toastmasters in Ethiopia many many moons ago. A great orator, among other things.

A decent, one nation Tory. Was out of step with the right wing Thatcher. Fair play to him, he stuck to his principles and resigned over Westland and told Thatcher where to stick it. Went to Liverpool and did good work there getting investment in the city as Thatcher & Co weren't interested in Liverpool. Came very close to becoming PM in 90 when he challenged her, but fell short once Major came in to the running. A Tory grandee now and a decent guy for a Tory.

He has an impressive knowledge of history and his place in it. Furthermore, his analysis of Brexit is a rational, logical and realistic evaluation of what life outside will mean for Britain. A marginal power, diminished, adrift and with fading influence, buffeted around on the tides of bigger forces. He is wise and sees things clearly. On another note, the questions from the students at the end were very unimpressive, they were no match for Hezza 🤝😎.

This speach must be heard at schools 🏫

what a sensible man.

Thank you for putting the right perspective on the immigration of Indian Doctors and Nurses into UK. Needed to be said out loud!

Some men pretend to do the right thing because it appeals to most people; and some do the right thing because they are righteous. Lord Haseltine, you deserve that title - the sign of a just society is one in which old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never rest under. A true father of his nation, and of the European peoples. Insieme! Unite unite Europe.

It s not uncommon for retired government seniors, free from the shackles of the government whip, to suddenly become seemingly wiser and more balanced in their views of the country and world. Sadly not in this case. Firmly stuck in mode Tarzan.

Visionary man. Clever guy. A man with experience.

I am so proud You are a true Brit and a true european

Very interesting that he completely miscalculated the British people..

Thank you for the analysis, " Power and Politics ", Save Values and DEMOCRACY. Thank you Lord Michael Heseltine.

A client of mine sat next to him at dinner once. He says all Heseltine wanted to talk about was himself.

Why didn't the Tories allow him to lead the party? He strikes me as a good man.

Everyone else takes a seat, Michael decides he wants to stand at the podium

He would be the perfect PM

Looks like John Cooper-Clarke

Not a Tory, but agree with this man totally on Europe.

This is supposed to be an educational platform RU-vid/OxU. Is two ad breaks in the space of 4 minutes really necessary? Switched off after 10 minutes. Not buying Premium.

Heseltine has become a delightful old man. Where was he when he was needed? Why can't he say even now that the 2016 Referendum was driven by lies and the leave campaigner overspent and therefore its result should be declared null and void?.

The student near the end misrepresented Heseltine's disagreement with Peter Hitchens. Heseltine simply rebuked Hitchens for implying that 18 year old soldiers are unwise and stupid.

I have watched a number of OxfordUnion speakers and then the student questions. I am amazed at how naive many of these students are to the realities of the world. They want to live in an la la land that does not exist. Perhaps they are book smart but clueless to the real world.

Princess Anne may have been the best queen the UK did not have, but Michael Heleltine was definately the best prime minister the UK did not have.

I am not in any way a Tory but those young men and women who attended were privileged to witness a speech like that from one of the greats. The lying, self-serving and corrupt former PM was not fit to lace Heseltine's or Clarke's boots.

He was great in Snatch

The war as nothing to do with the issue now we joined a trading block nothing else

People think that EU farm subsidies goes to poor farmers who are finding it rather difficult to survive. They couldn't be more wrong, where the vast majority of the money goes to the wealthy up to the super rich in Europe. I find it very amusing whenever I listen to the Euro fanatic Heseltine speaking against Brexit. One point that he never reveals on his shows, and one that LBC presenters never question his Lordship about, is that the multi millionaire with an estimated 300 million pound fortune, has received over the years many millions in EU farm subsidies from us as EU tax payers - of which the UK is one of the few EU28 that is a net contributor. You will never hear O'Brien or other media hacks reveal these facts, and neither Heseltine himself informing listeners of the conflict of interest concerning his property empire that includes over a 1000 acres of land in Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. Subsidies that amount to income support should not benefit those that are stinking rich. However the EU refuses to address this fact and that tens of billions of euros are given every year to farmers who are extremely wealthy, of which Heseltine is one of them. Heseltine once said to a reporter, the fact that he is wealthy and receives these huge sums of money from the EU is irrelevant. Typical of the ruling elite who are anti Brexit.

@42:50 😂 He is a visionnaire and that lady asking the question seemed like she doesn’t give a f about his simple answer

We remember Shell and Unilever leaving the Netherlands for lower tax morals.

*"Old guys rule - the older I get, the better I was."*

We send you to fight wars, where our diplomatic efforts have failed. Well said, sir, but people now do not understand wars in that sentiment. A failure of diplomacy. They do not try diplomacy now. They do not know how to do it or do not care, as greed is driving them. Carnage, destruction , any sort of moral teachings they have not heard of. Thouo shall not covert property of the neighbour, thou shall not kill, principles of karma, one reaping results of one's actions , all have forgotten. The default is set for going to war first, then abandon and leave with a flow of affected innocents. It is all upside down logic. Your efforts to explain I salute.

It cannot be denied he Is a hugely successful man in every sense. It's simply his unyielding belief in a federal Europe with which I disagree.

Lord Heseltine continues by saying that he hasn't changed his mind and will continue to stay in that position within the Conservative party, that he has fought the Conservative party most entrenched battles (...and those of us who still remember the 80s and beyond can vouch for his claim) and will continue to do so. Lord Heseltine vehemently stresses: "BUT I will never sacrifice British self interest for narrow party purposes".Lord Heseltine reminds us that: "A PM is one of 650 people, the only thing that singles them out is that they can command a majority in the House of Commons, if they can't they are just one of 650 and that i suspect is the position in which Mr Johnsons will find himself with no parliamentary majority, and it will be abuse of our Constitution to then think that you can take Britain out of Europe despite the House of Commons." Michael Heseltine also adds that: "..Large number of Conservatives will not vote for a no deal Brexit, they will vote for whatever party appears to stand behind a European policy [...] asserting the fact that they will vote for Britain national self interest, despite the loyalty they feel for the Conservative party.." His view: ..".. large numbers of people will vote for what they believe to be Britain national self interest and therefore for a candidate that represents the European destiny to which this Country has been committed since the 1960s" Lord Heseltine states that he would be happy with a solution that leaves Britain at the heart of Europe "...the position of every Conservative leader I have worked for....we are where we are today, the most likely scenario today is continued uncertainty but in the event of continued uncertainty the worst thing to do is to add to that uncertainty by actually cutting the ground from underneath our economic strength which depends in huge measure on our membership of the European Community." Throughout history Great Britain has always been at the forefront of many incredible things and events. Perhaps, now, if 'leavers' are allowed to set our Country back to the middle ages, Great Britain will set another (unfortunate this time) precedent by becoming the first former Colonising Country to become a 'Colony' of its former Colonies, given Trump vision of the world and economics.

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Margaret Thatcher passed comments on various colleagues in government: Geoffrey Howe -too willing to compromise. Michael Haseltine - had everything it took in politics except brains. Keith Joseph - She had tremendous admiration for Joseph and considers him brilliant, versatile, and full of further promise. She said that he could handle any ministry and she was confident that he has been marked for higher responsibility.

Yeah insult a man of service and intelligence...I remember a quote "listen the other person they may know something you dont". Listen and learn "little Englander".

In the hateful remarks you realize how right wing the Brits are and still think they are a great nation. They always had a sense of arrogance toward the colonies that they exploited.

Yesterday's man who was always out of touch with the basic good old Brit.... That why he was always a transparent "also run ".... No democrat at all....he always thought he was smarter than everybody else.......

I have always been a supporter of somebdy who speaks his mind, and Lord M Hesektine is definately one of them, Till this very day I cannot understand why the British public has voted to leave the EU,. True, the campaign for brexit was built "on a pack of lies" but are the British as naive? So, the play game starts with the remainers, people like Lord Heseltine, covid19, the immigrants and what have you. No country to other than the United Sates of America does it better when it comes to "self interest" and that is exactly what America did to Britain before and after leaving the EU. A lot of promises which remained promises unfortunately. The reason of coursee suspect why.

Please get his name right. He is Lord Heseltine. The Christian name is only included if a man is the son of a Duke, Marquess or Earl.!

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It’s ‘Lord Heseltine’, not ‘Lord Michael Heseltine’. He’s not the son of an Earl, Marquess, or Duke (unlike say, Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke of Kent). Rather, he’s a Life Peer, and so the style is ‘Lord [Surname]’ without the first name.

Economic freedom heat maps show a great correlation with prosperity.

Mr heseltine had everything to be a politician except a brain 😮😮😮

He was chucked out of parliament because of being a power hungry crook and is still the same !

Heseltine is a bluff, but a clever snake.

why do they keep on digging up this old fossil ?

Well, remainers already agreed with him, while brexiters did, do and won't not listen to him. Very good speech that is basically a waste fo time.

Evil old man… only hears what he wants to hear….

any organization allowing this drivel merchant to vent his spleen on your premises simply loses all credibility, if you ever had any!

I can understand Michael's reasoning, but I believe his premises are wrong. The many wars and conflicts in Europe were nearly all caused by the failure of nation states, not always democratic states on the continent, to respect each other’s sovereignty. The EEC, European Economic Community, was a very successful association of sovereign, democratically accountable nation states. That worked very well. Until the odious Maastricht Treaty determined to transform this successful association into a superstate; to usurp the sovereignty of the nations. The old continental problem, which has led to so many wars. We need mutually respectful sovereign national democracies, accountable to their peoples. Not a Napoleonic superstate, with an unworkable currency, dictated by a Brussels bureaucracy.

ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT starts at 24:00

Fantastic lecture from an exceptionally OK Tory.

jeez, he's meant to be conservative. delusional and thoroughly out of touch.

The price of both worlds wars for Great Britain outweighs the victory, but may be justifies the lost of british empires, the british people sacrifice the empire but created israel, that worth the loss of the empire.

I hope I have his clarity of throught and purpose in 23 years from now, cause the hair, forget it...

He is not talking about Brexit, is he ? Yes he is. The solution to stopping WW2 happening again is not to be ruled by Europe. We are out-voted on any decision.

Heseltine cuts a rather desolate and intellectually dishevelled figure now. Clearly well past his sell by date as indeed he was back in the 1980's.

The man behind the albert dock revival, when thatcher wanted liverpool washed down the drain.

"United States of Europe" should be considered a derogatory phrase.

Oh look, Heseltine has escaped from the Natural History Museum again. Quick send him back and nail the door shut this time.

Brexiteers are obsessed with history and empire, says man who bangs on for an hour about history and empire. The man is tragically bitter and out of touch.

Good garbage

Traitor to our Country

Watch Tommy Robinsons Oxford speech on this channel. Shocking and eye opening

He's sad because he will lose over 90,000 pounds a year in EU farming subs.

Doesn't this guy realize that Brexit is also about preserving a way of life, and NOT just about economics!

I lost my respect when he played the race card @54min 30sec. He broke his own “rule” of not offending large groups of people when he insulted the “elederly, white conservatives”. Hypocrite.

Sadly I think he is a very bitter and angry old man.

Problem with Heseltine he is obsessive on a subject. He thinks he is smarter than he is but he is nothing but an arrogant, pompous man and always has been.Thank goodness he never was prime minister.

What are you doing giving this old skeleton a platform for him to slag off Brexit , he has had his time he is a has been , did he ever do any good in politics, NO.