The Fall of Thatcher - Loyal Lamont's dilemma

This is the latest in a series of conversations with those in the cabinet room when Margaret Thatcher resigned

Normal Lamont considers himself a Thatcherite. He thought his leader was right on Europe - unlike most of his cabinet colleagues. But even ideological affinity and personal loyalty could not trump the numbers in November 1990 - when the results came in he had to tell her it was time to go.