Sir John Nott, ex-secretário de Defesa do Reino Unido durante a Guerra das Malvinas, morreu aos 92 anos. Sir John Nott, former UK Defence Secretary during the Falklands War, has died at age 92.

Sir John Nott, ex-secretário de Defesa do Reino Unido durante a Guerra das Malvinas, morreu aos 92 anos. Sir John Nott, former UK Defence Secretary during the Falklands War, has died at 92. Ele serviu sob o comando da primeira-ministra Margaret Thatcher e duas vezes ofereceu sua renúncia, o que ela recusou, permitindo-lhe supervisionar a libertação das Ilhas Falkland em 1982. He served under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and twice offered his resignation, which she refused, allowing him to oversee the liberation of the Falkland Islands in 1982. Nott também é conhecido por sair de uma entrevista na TV com o apresentador Sir Robin Day no mesmo ano. Nott is also known for storming out of a TV interview with broadcaster Sir Robin Day that same year. Ele foi deputado de St Ives de 1966 e ocupou vários cargos de gabinete sob Thatcher. He was an MP for St Ives from 1966 and held various Cabinet positions under Thatcher.