1981: Margaret Thatcher is at her lowest ebb politically. Her approval rating is low. Her industrial policy has started to tear communities apart and her European policy is chafing.
For some Tory MP's this is too much. In The Limehouse Declaration Norman St John Stevas, Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler, Jim Prior and Francis Pym announce the creation of "One Nation" a centrist party dedicated to as they see it "reversing the damaging and cataclysmic changes happening in our country"
They announce they will start co-operating with the Liberal Party.
For some Tory MP's this is too much. In The Limehouse Declaration Norman St John Stevas, Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler, Jim Prior and Francis Pym announce the creation of "One Nation" a centrist party dedicated to as they see it "reversing the damaging and cataclysmic changes happening in our country"
They announce they will start co-operating with the Liberal Party.