The young man promoted by Prime Minister Thatcher to replace Whitelow was Britton. The man was originally a lawyer and had been in the House of Commons for less than a decade.

Soon, he was appointed by Margaret Thatcher as the spokesman for the opposition party on the central devolution bill, which was highly regarded by Margaret Thatcher.

After Thatcher became prime minister, he served as deputy to Home Secretary William Whitelow and Chancellor of the Exchequer Geoffrey Howe, and did a good job.

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