tonight that nigel lawson was a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to him and many others . and borisjohnson said tonight that nigel lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market conservatism. mr lawson resigned in 1989 after falling out with mrs thatcher over her choice of economic adviser. are mcron looks back at his life and times. carolyn mccrimmon. carolyn mcquinn. hms dasher began his career as a journalist everything the spectator magazine and making regular appearances as a tv pundit. nigel lawson was the architect of the economic policies that underpinned thatcherism. six years in office saw some of the most far reaching changes ever made to britain s financial affairs.
he began his career as a journalist, editing the spectator magazine, and making regular appearances as a tv pundit. he became an mp in 1970, earning a reputation as a man of the right. here he was calling for the end of sanctions against rhodesia, as it was then. the purpose of economic sanctions was to the purpose of economic sanctions was to achieve a political end. they have failed was to achieve a political end. they have failed to do this and i think it is clear have failed to do this and i think it is clear to all of us darter mac if it wasu t it is clear to all of us darter mac if it wasn t clear before that they never if it wasn t clear before that they never will if it wasn t clear before that they neverwill. hms if it wasn t clear before that they never will. hms dasher richard is clear never will. hms dasher richard is clear to never will. hms dasher richard is clear to all never will. hms dasher richard is clear to all of never will. hms dasher
dame mary has personally funded a drone survey of sanda island off the mull of kintyre one location where she believes bodies could be buried. and that s precisely on the location where the eyewitness identified? it is, it is. along with local historian graham, she says the results are worthy of further investigation. the characteristics of this scan are associated with a burial and perhaps with a mass burial. this weekend, relatives of those who died when hms dasher sank gathered in ardrossan. 80 years on, they still feel they want answers. i was four when dad was killed. and it s been a bit of a mystery ever since. it has, yes. the royal navy said the creation of a mass unmarked grave would run counter to admiralty policy on the burial of wartime casualties, but mary says
today poole breathed a sigh of relief. this could have been much worse. jonah fisher, bbc news. 80 years ago today an aircraft carrier blew up and sank off the south west coast of scotland one of the worst wartime disasters in uk waters but it was hushed up at the time. hms dasher went down in eight minutes in the firth of clyde in 1943. 379 crewmen died, but there were only 23 official burials. eyewitnesses said dozens more were washed ashore and for years families have suspected they may have been buried in unmarked graves. hugh pym has been speaking to the daughter of one of the crew lost with the ship and who has never stopped searching for his body. all those who died when dasher sank in these waters. a lament for those lost when hms dasher went down 80 years ago today. dame mary richardson remembers her father george close to where the disaster happened.
dame mary has personally funded a drone survey of sanda island off the mull of kintyre one location where she believes bodies could be buried. that s precisely on the location that the eyewitness identified. it that the eyewitness identified. it is. along with local historian graham, she s studying a report which says there may be something there. the characteristics of this scan are associated with a burial and perhaps with a mass burial. this weekend, relatives of those who died when hms dasher sank i was full when dad was killed. and it s been a bit i was full when dad was killed. it s been a bit of a mystery ever since? i was four. it is.