Neil Kinnock of being run by trade unions. Kinnock was also perceived as scoring in debates over Margaret Thatcher in the Commons—previously an area in which he was seen as weak—and finally Michael Heseltine challenged Thatcher's leadership and she resigned on 28 November 1990 to be succeeded by then-Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major. Kinnock greeted Thatcher's resignation by describing it as "very good news" and demanded an immediate general election. Public reaction to Major's elevation was highly positive. A new Prime Minister and the fact that Kinnock was now the longest-serving current leader of a major party reduced the impact of
This Was a Man with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre. The cast included Jamie De Courcey as Edward Churt, Dorothea Myer-Bennett as Carol Churt and Robert Portal as Evelyn Bathurst. The production did not perform the original text in its entirety and removed the characters of Berry and Blackwell. Matt Trueman in his review in the Telegraph noted that "This Was a Man" 'doesn’t condone adultery, he’s sympathetic to its causes. Relationships have their roots in happenstance and hurt, not true love and fate. ' Though major critics only awarded the production three stars others including 'A Younger Theatre praised that 'Despite the