The former MP, who has died from cancer aged 81, was long an admirer of Margaret Thatcher and even called her 'Mrs T'. He helped to persuade Mrs Thatcher to resign in November 1990.
Despite having been a member of the Labour party since the early 1960s, Frank Field had a soft spot for one particularly famous Tory.
The politician, who was ennobled in 2020, first became an MP in 1979, at a general election which saw Mrs Thatcher sweep to victory and become prime minister. He said Labour's anti-nuclear weapons policy was the Tory leader's 'greatest political asset' and added that her chances of winning revealed 'something quite damning' about his own party.
'Pacing around the room, she told me how she had urged him that military action was absolutely vital.' In 2009, in what was one of Mrs Thatcher's final public appearances, she attended a party to celebrate his 30 years in parliament. 'You cannot now go out on a top note, but you can go out on a high note. You must resign before you face the Commons again.She again insisted that it was 'so unfair' and added: 'I have never lost them an election'.
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