<p>Former cabinet minister, former deputy prime minister, big beast of the Tory jungle - Lord Heseltine joins us for our series looking at how the most significant elections of our lifetimes were won, and how they were lost.</p><br><p>He takes us back to the 1983 general election. Margaret Thatcher was fresh from victory in the Falklands, Labour offered voters the 'longest suicide vote in history', and the polls suggested the SDP-Liberal Alliance could break the old two-party system.</p><br><p>If you enjoyed this episode, listen to more in the series:</p><br><p><a href="https://t.co/gznSBlB2oZ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nick Clegg and 2010</a></p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/3430a8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">William Hague and 2005</a></p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/2d5d35" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Neil Kinnock and 1992</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>