Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jikinsa ya kasance cikin damuwa saboda yawan aiki kuma ya sha wahala daga ciwon zuciya a watan Fabrairun 1984. Da yake dawowa don bayar da rahoto game da lokacin taron na wannan shekarar, ya rufe fashewar bam din Brighton
, yana samun hira "mai ban mamaki" tare da Thatcher a kan farfajiyar nan da nan bayan haka, inda ta bayyana cewa taron Tory zai gudana kamar yadda ya saba. Wani mai lura da yanayin siyasa, Cole yana daya daga cikin na farko da ya yi hasashen Thatcher ya yi murabus a matsayin Firayim Minista a 1990, a cikin abin da McKie ya kira shi "watakila mafi girmansa". Donald Macintyre ya rubuta cewa "ya yi fiye da kowane mutum don ƙirƙirar fahimtar jama'a game da shekarun 1980s".