A weekend near the former chancellor’s French residence induced a mood of wellbeing quite unlike Britain’s beleaguered mood
Nigel Lawson on budget day in 1984. He retired to France, he once said, because of the old-fashioned way of life and the health service.Nigel Lawson on budget day in 1984. He retired to France, he once said, because of the old-fashioned way of life and the health service.A weekend near the former chancellor’s French residence induced a sense of wellbeing quite unlike Britain’s beleaguered mood
came as a most welcome relief. We were staying with a friend in the south-west region of Aveyron, near a village called La Salvetat-Peyralès. Suddenly, a fascinating memory resurfaced. We were not too far from the village, Vic-Fezensac, where the former chancellor and my old friendlived for some years in contented retirement. In 2007, I visited him there for a series of articles on former chancellors. . For such a clever man, this was a fatal conceit, as has been illustrated by disastrous attempts by this Brexit-blinded government to effect such deals.
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