ANDREW PIERCE: What about Europe values now, Hezza? 

As President of the European Movement UK, the former Tory Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine already seems to be campaigning for Britain to re-enter the EU.

In a message last week to supporters, who include Lord Adonis, the former Labour Education Secretary, and Stephen Dorrell, who was a Tory Health Secretary, the European Movement declared: ‘Now that we have left the EU, the Government has choices to make about what kind of country we want to be. 

‘Does Boris Johnson want us to live in a country in which working people are valued? Let’s keep up the pressure to protect the European values we hold dear.’

It was exactly 24 hours later that the EU showed the ‘values it holds dear’ by announcing it planned to impound life-saving Covid vaccines which were destined for Northern Ireland. 

As for Heseltine and the European Movement, their latest missive — which came across my desk yesterday — does not even mention the vaccine fiasco but bangs on about ‘building back what we lost’.

Bring back Reagan and Mrs T 

Most actresses who play Margaret Thatcher, whether it’s Meryl Streep or Lindsay Duncan, insist on denouncing the woman and her politics before taking a fat cheque to portray her on screen.

Not so Lesley-Anne Down, 66, who is playing Mrs T in a film about U.S. President Ronald Reagan. 

Lesley Anne Down in Upstairs, Downstairs (left) and as Mrs T (right)

The star of hit 1970s TV drama Upstairs, Downstairs, who is now based in America, admitted in the 1980s she disliked Britain’s first woman PM. 

‘I was a stupid Leftie with my vapid brain twisted by ridiculousness which affects so many young people even today,’ she said.

‘But in retrospect, I think the woman was wonderful and a genius. In fact, when I was working on the movie Reagan, I said: “Wouldn’t it be lovely if Ronnie and Maggie were running the world now!” ’

Day Benn scored an own goal 

Long before the endless wrangles over Brexit, Labour’s Hilary Benn learned the importance of remaining.

The long-term Spurs fan, who chaired the Brexit select committee, walked three miles in driving rain to watch his team play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 1970. In the 89th minute, with the rain still lashing down and the game looking like a dreary goalless draw, Benn decided enough was…