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Article: My wife nursed me as I lay dying. How did I repay her? By walking out . . .
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- February 20, 2001
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Byline: MARY RIDDELL
ALISTAIR McAlpine was bagman for Margaret Thatcher and the party treasurer who raised [pound]100 million to bankroll three Conservative election victories.
This time round, as William Hague prepares for battle, Lord McAlpine expects no such triumph.
'It's like sending the Belgian cavalry in against a Panzer division,' he grumbles. 'It wouldn't surprise me if Tony Blair increased his majority.' In these gloomy times, he sees Kenneth Clarke, a man whose Europhilia appals him, as the only post-election leadership choice. 'I disagree with every word that Clarke has ever uttered, but if the Conservatives want to win, they had ...