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Here's all of them since the 70's. Who's your hero and who's your zero out of this motley bunch?
I've put these in my order of preference ...
John Major
Gordon Brown
James Callaghan
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Margaret Thatcher
Tony Blair
I've put these in my order of preference ...
John Major
Gordon Brown
James Callaghan
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Margaret Thatcher
Tony Blair
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I hadn't realised it before, but looking at the list they were all Sir Anthony Blunts. :^0
by dint of her victories and time in power surely thatcher was the most popular?
thtas a shocking list , lucky the place still exists
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Gordon Brown
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Edward Heath
Tony Blair
John Major
Gordon Brown
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Edward Heath
Tony Blair
It is a real shocker.
When John Major tops a list you know that there are problems below
When John Major tops a list you know that there are problems below
James Callaghan first.
A union man who got fuc-ked over by them. :(
A union man who got fuc-ked over by them. :(
has there ever been a labour leader that hasnt ended up with this country on its fking knees? the seventies were shyte and the end of the noughties and the next decade are going to be even worse
It would have been a very worrying time if Michael Foot were to have become PM :(
yes,indeed - and I know it's a cliche but wonder if things would be any different had John Smith lived.
At least we avoided Welsh windbaggery.
At least we avoided Welsh windbaggery.
Foot at least was a very clever and talented man , though a bit of a loony in all honesty .
It's still remarkable that Tony Blair was only the 5th Labour British Prime Minister in history
They need a few more goes
They need a few more goes
Apparently when Jim Callaghan took over as Chancellor in 1964 he bumped into the previous Tory chancellor Reggie Maudling in Number 11 Downing Street. Maudling was picking up his raincoat and on leaving said to Callaghan, " sorry to leave you in the sh-it, old**" and walked out.
So it's not just Labout governments who leave behind economic catastrophes.
So it's not just Labout governments who leave behind economic catastrophes.
An incisive thesis on the fiscal state of the nation at the time then?
when i was a kid thatcher was in power.
from my innocent childrens eyes i could see her contempt for her brothers and sisters.i could also see the damage and pain she was causing.
i will always have a deep hatred for her and her brethren.
be a joyous day when thats in the ground
from my innocent childrens eyes i could see her contempt for her brothers and sisters.i could also see the damage and pain she was causing.
i will always have a deep hatred for her and her brethren.
be a joyous day when thats in the ground
My dad was old Labour through and through and a union man, but he thought Ted Heath was okay. Called him an "old" Tory, by which I suppose he meant a wet, yet looking back he was really a Thatcherite before Thatcher.
^ very similar to my dad but he would never have admitted it.
So diehard Labour that he used to tell my mum not to bother voting because her Tory vote would only cancel his out - at least two occasions when they were supposed to go round to the poling station together - he said he was n't bothering, she did n't go either and then he sneaked round on his own.
So diehard Labour that he used to tell my mum not to bother voting because her Tory vote would only cancel his out - at least two occasions when they were supposed to go round to the poling station together - he said he was n't bothering, she did n't go either and then he sneaked round on his own.
Remember my dad attending branch meetings on a Thursday evening, late seventies/early eighties. Mention a branch meeting to today's young'uns and they picture a load of trees standing around having a natter... .
... although I notice your second name is Heath.
What was your father's first name!!!
What was your father's first name!!!
I was laughing to the anecdote about him sneaking off to the polling station, by the way !
Lovely... . :)
Lovely... . :)
Major and Brown : they would be bringing up the rear on my list.
Makes you realise they all had a pretty rocky ride as PMs.
Top: Wilson
Lower than the bowels of Beelzebub: Thatcher
Lower than the bowels of Beelzebub: Thatcher
The bottom 3 on this list did unforgiveable damage to our country and will never be forgotten.
Thatcher
Major
Wilson
Callaghan
Brown
Heath
Blair
Thatcher
Major
Wilson
Callaghan
Brown
Heath
Blair
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