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Former Times editor Sir Harold Evans has paid tribute to 鈥渄ebonair鈥� terrific鈥� former Conservative chairman Cecil Parkinson, who has died aged 84 from cancer.

As Conservative Party chairman under Margaret Thatcher in the early 1980s, Lord Parkinson played a key role in the Tories' 1983 general election victory.

He quit the cabinet soon after when it emerged his ex-secretary Sara Keays was carrying his child.

鈥淗e was very jolly to be with,鈥� Sir Harold told Rhod Sharp. 鈥淚 felt enormously sorry for him about the wayward love life he had鈥� and I hated the fact he was persecuted for that.鈥�

This clip is originally from Up All Night on Tuesday 26th January 2016