Michael Heseltine9 January 1986
Announces his resignation after walking out of a Cabinet meeting during the Westland dispute.
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Announces his resignation after walking out of a Cabinet meeting during the Westland dispute.
Michael Heseltine resigns from Cabinet during the Westland crisis
Heseltine's Cabinet resignation becomes a major political consequence of the Westland dispute.
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