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Margaret Thatcher won the Conservative Party Leadership race. Thatcher was a proponent of a 'tougher', less liberal Conservatism. Scott was offered a more junior position, he refused to serve and became a rallying point for the
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Northern Ireland; this stance made him deeply unpopular with the loyalist element in Northern Ireland, many of whom felt that he had greater sympathy for a united Ireland than he admitted. He was a strong supporter of the
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proposed immigration limits on the entry of East
African Asians with UK passports, Scott swam against the tide and refused to join the Conservative shadow government in supporting the limits. He was one of the first Conservative MPs to speak out against
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Thatcher government. He was succeeded in this post by
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and faced calls to resign. Prior stood by him, declaring that if Scott was forced to resign he would go as well. Scott became the longest serving minister in
Northern Ireland and was rewarded for his service by being made Minister of State.
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in 1989. A moderate
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picked Nicholas Scott as one of its 150 "future world leaders".
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