McKay Interview: Lord Robert Armstrong (2 November 2019)

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English - October 28, 2019 09:19 - 43 minutes - 60.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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On this edition of the McKay Interview, Michael McKay talks to Lord Robert Armstrong. During his long career, he was:

• Principal Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Edward Heath and Harold Wilson from 1970 – 1975;
• Permanent Secretary of the Home Office, 1977-79
• Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 1979-1987.

And he has been a member of the House of Lords since 1988, a year or so after his retirement.

Michael speaks to Lord Armstrong about Brexit and the modern state of politics.