LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May has sacked Michael Heseltine, a senior figure in her Conservative Party, from various advisory roles for rebelling against the government in a Brexit vote in the House of Lords.
Heseltine, 83, a former deputy prime minister nicknamed "Tarzan" for his mane of hair and macho reputation, said he was called away from dinner with his wife late Tuesday to be sacked.
"My preoccupation has been from the very beginning that I believe that the referendum result is the most disastrous peacetime result that we've seen in this country," he told BBC radio on Wednesday.
Heseltine, who had been working three to four days a week in an advisory role for the government, said he was surprised at the suddenness of his sacking, since his position on Britain leaving the European Union was already well known.
He was one of 13 Conservatives in parliament's unelected upper House of Lords who voted for an amendment proposed by the opposition Labour Party on Tuesday that would give parliament the final say on how Britain leaves the EU.
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