At 81, Michael Heseltine retains the energy and lucidity of a man two decades younger. He has recently acquired full control of Haymarket, the publishing group he founded in 1957 and that earned him his estimated £250m fortune, and an office in the Treasury, where he serves as a wise elder to cities minister Greg Clark. He remains as keen as ever to have his say on the issues of the day, not least Britain’s membership of the European Union. I recently interviewed him for the NS (read the full piece here), and here are the highlights of our conversation.
EU referendum: “chilling effect” on business
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