Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1984, i ora ia i te whakaeke pōro i Brighton
i te Hui a te Rōpū Kaitiaki. I whakaarotia he kaituku tōrangapū rangatira, i kīia ia ko "te tangata patu tamariki o Westminster", e "The Guardian" i te tau 1987. Mai i te 1994 ki te 1995, i mahi ia i roto i te kawanatanga a John Major hei tiamana tuarua mo te Pati Conservative.