Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Chancellor, Lord Nigel Lawson, has died at the age of 91.
The former Conservative MP—whose political career lasted almost five decades—passed away on Monday.
Leading the many tributes to the Tory “giant” was Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said he hung a picture of Lawson on his wall during his own time as chancellor of the Exchequer.
“He was a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to me and many others,” Sunak wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
“My thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.”
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson also paid tribute, describing Lawson as “a fearless and original flame of free market Conservatism.”…