Best UK Prime Minister of last 40 years

[mightymoyes]

What did John Major actually do whilst PM?, he seems the only one bar Gordon Brown semi well regarded

none are well regarded, just cos it was so long ago people forget he was useless too

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

none are well regarded, just cos it was so long ago people forget he was useless too

Oversaw the privatisation of the British railway.

Looking at Dave Cameron, you'll be hard pressed to find a bigger mess than him.
Almost lost Scotland and lost Europe in three years.

 

[Rita_Poon]

What did John Major actually do whilst PM?, he seems the only one bar Gordon Brown semi well regarded

Apparently had a curry once...

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

 

[dholliday]

whoever voted for Blair need their morals recalibrated.

 

[longers]

Brown I guess

whoever voted for Blair need their morals recalibrated.

So that will be the overwhelming majority of this forum then

Voting for Major, Hague and Howard was somehow the better option ? If we voted for them we would have never gone to war right ? Lol

 

[stevie blott]

No tory. I've worked in schools snd a tory government always meant I lost out in pay and had to buy stuff myself to teach kids because the school was broke.

Blaire was a lying control freak that set out all the cctv, speed cameras and spying network - it was becoming Orwellian under that closet tory. At least he invested in the country's infrastructure and started repairing public buildings.

Brown was the brain behind Blaire's successful economy. Cimpassionatevand insightful, his tenure cut short when a global banking collapse and recession caused by greedy US banks was pinned on him by the Mail, Express, s*n and other billionaire owned media and inexplicably believed by the voting public despite all the evidence to the contrary. He wasn't perfect, but he wasn't a liar and he wasn't a tory just working, as ever for the benefit of his mates and the gentry.

Yeah, I'll go with Gordo, He was unfairly treated as you stated. Blair was just a tory with a red tie and a war criminal to boot
Johnson ? ...???? the man makes Corbyn look a dapper man about town and those parties with the lies ??..when we were really struggling, not seeing our own families ???....damn they should of been put in the stocks for that.

The rest are just so dull I honestly just don't remember them.

 

[dholliday]

Maggie...first female PM, put Britain back on the map after the 60's/70's doldrums, intelligent no-nonsense character, inspired the last great Pink Floyd album.

Cameron is underrated, gave the people the chance to vote for their future (unlike other European Nations) and his was generally a tidy government.


Brown far too nervous on the job, Major's cabinet too sleazy, Blair is a genuine wrongun. Theresa & Boris ok but underwhelming.

 

[Kurt.]

Jeez this is like picking a mom after yet another Derby defeat.

I’ll take @chicoazul ’s mom

 

[hallamblue]

I went for Brown, as he was and is a serious politician who, whilst egocentric, genuinely wanted to make the UK better for the majority. He also almost single handedly stopped Scotland voting for independence, and I love Scotland.

 

[Eggs]

…as a Civil Servant, the public services offer under Blair was the best I saw in 40 years. Easy to forget the troubles in N Ireland before he sorted them, such a shame he got too friendly with Bush.

Labour leaders should study Blair to determine what went right and what went wrong.

 

[dholliday]

…as a Civil Servant, the public services offer under Blair was the best I saw in 40 years.

Fair comment, but that did heavily increase public spending which had the domino-effect of Britain needing austerity post-crash.

Easy to forget the troubles in N Ireland before he sorted them

wasn't just him but he did have a key role.

such a shame he got too friendly with Bush.

which is one way of putting it...another way is destabilising a nation by forced regime change, sanctioning the killing of hundreds-of-thousands of Iraqis on the way, which still today has several unpleasant domino-effects, even within Europe.

The most profound error of judgement any PM has made in living memory.

We wouldn't have Brexit if we had a PM who refused Bush.

Labour leaders should study Blair to determine what went right and what went wrong.

Blair's electioneering should be studied for how to beat the Tories, deffo. The only one to do so since before the Maggie-era.

Tho' i'm pretty sure John Smith would've won the '97 GE had he lived. Even tories in my family at the time were really impressed by him.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Always seems off the way that Blair is portrayed as the sole architect of the Good Friday Agreement and it was something that wouldn't have been achieved under anyone else. Simply not true, it required a hell of a lot more than that. Some things just happen on a certain PM's watch and Blair happened to be PM when there was enough will to make a deal happen.

He also got fully on board with outsourcing NHS work to the private sector with disastrous results - unless your income was made in the private health sector. He was also more than keen to take up Thatcher's mantle and continue giving the Unions a kicking.

Narcissistic psychopath more concerned with his reputation and legacy as a world recognised statesman rather than actually helping people. Everything seemed nice and shiny at the time but he was gambling at every available opportunity knowing that if things went wrong it would be someone else's problem while his time would be viewed with rose tinted glasses.

 

[dholliday]

Always seems off the way that Blair is portrayed as the sole architect of the Good Friday Agreement and it was something that wouldn't have been achieved under anyone else. Simply not true, it required a hell of a lot more than that. Some things just happen on a certain PM's watch and Blair happened to be PM when there was enough will to make a deal happen.

He also got fully on board with outsourcing NHS work to the private sector with disastrous results - unless your income was made in the private health sector. He was also more than keen to take up Thatcher's mantle and continue giving the Unions a kicking.

Narcissistic psychopath more concerned with his reputation and legacy as a world recognised statesman rather than actually helping people. Everything seemed nice and shiny at the time but he was gambling at every available opportunity knowing that if things went wrong it would be someone else's problem while his time would be viewed with rose tinted glasses.

accurate.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Maggie...first female PM, put Britain back on the map after the 60's/70's doldrums, intelligent no-nonsense character, inspired the last great Pink Floyd album.

Cameron is underrated, gave the people the chance to vote for their future (unlike other European Nations) and his was generally a tidy government.


Brown far too nervous on the job, Major's cabinet too sleazy, Blair is a genuine wrongun. Theresa & Boris ok but underwhelming.

You have got some wacky ideas.