- 'Power & Pragmatism' positively packed. #LSERifkind
The Hong Kong Theatre is busy for #LSERifkind pic.twitter.com/0h6ElwmJSb- Looking forward to hearing @MalcolmRifkind speak at #LSERifkind
- Power and pragmatism #LSERifkind
- Our #LSERifkind event starting soon is now full. Many thanks to all for your interest. A podcast should be available soon. @LSEpublicevents
- All set for #LSERifkind
- #LSERifkind has been "a key adviser to every Conservative leader since 1979"
- Sir Malcolm opposed both the Iraq War in 2002 and Brexit #LSERifkind
Our Director Michael Cox begins our #LSERifkind event by introducing Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a "suave Scot" pic.twitter.com/uS5XGKBuDb
Rifkind: "When you divide politicians, you divide by party or by conviction politicians or a pragmatist" #LSERifkind pic.twitter.com/AWc3sK75xa
- Sir Malcolm - I am a pragmatist, but conviction politicians such as Thatcher can also be pragmatic #LSERifkind
- Rifkind: "It is not good enough to conclude that if your foreign policy is ethical, it is sound & will have good results" #LSERifkind
- Limited choice when choosing Conservative secretary of state for Scotland, even decades ago (but more choice than today) #LSERifkind
- Rifkind: "I voted for Thatcher as leader, even though I came from liberal wing of party. Why? She was a fighter with passion" #LSERifkind
- "What was rebuffed in Scotland was Thatcher, not Thatcherism " Right to buy and privatisation embraced in Scotland. #LSERifkind
- Rifkind: George Osborne's devolution agenda hugely historical important. "We are stumbling to a quasi-federal system." #LSERifkind
- Rifkind: UK Ambassador in Moscow told me govt needed to pay attention to young USSR politburo members including Gorbachev #LSERifkind
- Rifkind talks about being part of early Thatcher-Gorbachev meetings. They built trust by understanding each other's motivations #LSERifkind
- "Deeply sorry to be leaving EU - we will lose more than we will gain" De Gaulle looks right in retrospect #LSERifkind
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