. He launched the City of London’s “Big Bang” which put the UK at the heart of the modern world’s financial system.
Lawson’s departure from the Cabinet came after he clashed with his boss over his desire to tie Britain’s exchange rate to the Deutschmark – it is ironic that two and a half decades later, he became one of the “big beasts” to start advocating Brexit, despite his love of the continent and residence in France.
In an era where political leaders are lucky to last in office beyond a year or so, his career now appears all the more remarkable.
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