Boris now takes on the role once played by Michael Heseltine to Margaret Thatcher, Michael Portillo to John Major or Gordon Brown to Tony Blair.
Meanwhile, Michael Heseltine (to name but one) was in fact capable of extraordinary idiocies.
And Michael Heseltine, a long-time aspirant to the Tory leadership, has been asked to further Anglo-Chinese trade.
Michael Heseltine, the deputy prime minister, concedes that this may explain up to half of the recent fall.
And on the Tory left, former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine said that it was a very good speech.
So it was no surprise to me when, after Howe's damaging resignation speech, Michael Heseltine challenged her for the leadership.
Former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine returned to the list in eighth place this year following a three year break.
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That's the rider in the skills audit of the nation in the competitiveness white paper Michael Heseltine conducted in 1996.
Back in the early 1980s, when Michael Heseltine was environment secretary, the Conservative government introduced the concept of enterprise zones.
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Discussions were also held (via Peter Mandelson) with Conservatives who favour the euro, such as Mr Clarke and Michael Heseltine.
In February Michael Heseltine, the deputy prime minister, officiated at the launch of a list of Britain's 100 richest Asian businessmen.
Pro-European Tories like Michael Heseltine and Sir Edward Heath are not fighting for party position and will therefore not be cowed.
He refused to meet a challenge by pro-Europeans led by Tory Michael Heseltine to head up the all-party Britain in Europe campaign.
Her former Defense Minister Michael Heseltine challenged her for the party leadership.
The keenest minister then was Michael Heseltine, who is a Millennium Commissioner.
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Boris Johnson succeeded former Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine as MP for Henley at the 2001 general election with a majority of 8, 458.
But the following month Lady Thatcher stood down as prime minister after failing to win outright victory in a leadership battle with Michael Heseltine.
And so David Miliband joins Michael Heseltine, Denis Healey, Kenneth Clarke, David Davis and many others who, for one reason or another, nearly made it.
Meanwhile, Michael Heseltine challenged Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative party, and although he didn't win, she also failed to secure the requisite votes.
Her inability to see off a leadership challenge from Michael Heseltine forced her resignation, with chancellor John Major emerging from the tussle as her eventual successor.
Almost all the Labour politicians who have developed reputations to match those of, say, the Tories' Ken Clarke or Michael Heseltine have left government, voluntarily or otherwise.
And the Tories are also being buffeted by the Michael Heseltine autobiography which reveals the full extent of his cabinet rift with then prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Nor does the health secretary have a rival approach to government of the kind offered, for example, by Michael Heseltine when he challenged Margaret Thatcher in 1990.
Michael Heseltine is a heavyweight: a former deputy prime minister who might even now be leading the party but for a heart scare immediately after the election.
In 1981, Michael Heseltine was dubbed Mr Merseyside after visiting the area following the Toxteth riots and speaking up on behalf of a region suffering badly from recession.
After the prime minister's statement, all the Tories' better-known pro-Europeans Edward Heath, Kenneth Clarke and Michael Heseltine tottered to their feet to congratulate the prime minister on his changeover plan.
Ken Clarke and Michael Heseltine led the pro-Europeans into battle.
Her growing Euroscepticism alienated some cabinet colleagues and she failed to win enough support among MPs in the first round of a Conservative leadership contest against challenger Michael Heseltine.
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That's the thinking behind Michael Heseltine's radical proposals for devolving power from Whitehall, so our great cities can get the strong leadership they need to compete on the world stage.
Even those Tory ministers who were corporatists by nature, such as Michael Heseltine, tended to keep ties to the chairmen and chief executives of big companies on an informal basis.
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