Originally published in the Guardian on 17 November 1980
The Conservative Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about three years' time and Lord Carrington will probably become party leader, according to Sir Harold Wilson in a television interview to be screened tonight.
Speaking on the BBC Panorama programme, Sir Harold says that Mrs Thatcher will be consigned to Tory mythology. "If they (the Tories) decide they're going to lose the next election with her there, she'll be ditched and it will be as though she's never been. She'll become a non-person."
He describes Mrs Thatcher as "the best man" the Tories have got and praises her for her success over Rhodesia, attributing her achievement to Lord Carrington, the Foreign Secretary. "I think he would be a very formidable leader. I think he would take an awful lot of beating."
On the Labour Party leadership, Sir Harold says he voted for...
The Conservative Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about three years' time and Lord Carrington will probably become party leader, according to Sir Harold Wilson in a television interview to be screened tonight.
Speaking on the BBC Panorama programme, Sir Harold says that Mrs Thatcher will be consigned to Tory mythology. "If they (the Tories) decide they're going to lose the next election with her there, she'll be ditched and it will be as though she's never been. She'll become a non-person."
He describes Mrs Thatcher as "the best man" the Tories have got and praises her for her success over Rhodesia, attributing her achievement to Lord Carrington, the Foreign Secretary. "I think he would be a very formidable leader. I think he would take an awful lot of beating."
On the Labour Party leadership, Sir Harold says he voted for...
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