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Best UK Prime Minister of last 40 years

Who was the best UK Prime Minister of the last 40 years?

  • Margaret Tatcher

    Votes: 3 5.3%

  • John Major

    Votes: 2 3.5%

  • Tony Blair

    Votes: 24 42.1%

  • Gordon Brown

    Votes: 22 38.6%

  • David Cameron

    Votes: 2 3.5%

  • Theresa May

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Boris Johnson

    Votes: 4 7.0%
  • Total voters
    57
  • Poll closed .
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Chewbacca said:
Obvious and odious wummery
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Charro said:
Put Britain back on the map is a genuine LOL.
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There's an entire Nation outside of Liverpool, group of nations even. And outside of that, there's the rest of the world too.

Most people, whether British or foreign, remember Thatcher as being a strong leader who made Britain a leading figure internationally again.

I get she's hated by Liverpudlians, and generally by anti-toryists...but they're the minority.


Margaret Thatcher is the UK's greatest post-war Prime Minister, according to poll

Collection of all major polls of best PM of all time: Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Clement Attlee, and Margaret Thatcher generally appear toward the top of rankings


FrenchDarrenBent said:
That's been widely debunked. You can't cut your way to prosperity
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One single opinion article from a random journo doesn't mean it's been debunked.

The same journo who also wrote this:

Blair built on Thatcher’s legacy. That’s a simple fact

Do you agree with this too?


Jebus_lives said:
Good point, I can't remember Thatcher getting close with US presidents and influencing regime change in foreign countries which had domino effects across the region.
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Examples of this and their domino effects on not just the region but closer to home too?

Terrarian said:
He's a rich old white man, we need to move away from this method in both countries.
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Seen as you place importance in the colour of a politician's skin, I'm sure you'll be pleased at the diversity of skin tone the Tories are offering in their leadership contest.


ClausThomsen said:
At no point have I argued he had no role in it. I'm arguing against the portrayal of him as the man that brought an end to The Troubles. Major would have been involved years before, Brown, as you say, is an imaginary failure. Neither were PM at the time Blair was and neither was involved in the exact same circumstance.

George Mitchell especially doesn't get an ounce of the engineered fanfare that Blair gets. If you want to talk about the people person who massaged egos and patiently listened and negotiated then what he did is a 1000 times what Blair ever did. Blair and others definitely tweaked Mitchell's work here and there and did play a part but the lion's share of the negotiating, massaging and patience was Mitchell.

But then Mitchell didn't have a team making sure he was getting splashed all over the papers in stage managed sleeves rolled up "look at me negotiating, this is my stern negotiating face" pictures.
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Informative post, cheers.
 
dholliday said:
There's an entire Nation outside of Liverpool, group of nations even. And outside of that, there's the rest of the world too.

Most people, whether British or foreign, remember Thatcher as being a strong leader who made Britain a leading figure internationally again.

I get she's hated by Liverpudlians, and generally by anti-toryists...but they're the minority.


Margaret Thatcher is the UK's greatest post-war Prime Minister, according to poll

Collection of all major polls of best PM of all time: Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Clement Attlee, and Margaret Thatcher generally appear toward the top of rankings



One single opinion article from a random journo doesn't mean it's been debunked.

The same journo who also wrote this:

Blair built on Thatcher’s legacy. That’s a simple fact

Do you agree with this too?



Examples of this and their domino effects on not just the region but closer to home too?


Seen as you place importance in the colour of a politician's skin, I'm sure you'll be pleased at the diversity of skin tone the Tories are offering in their leadership contest.



Informative post, cheers.
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Why would I care? they're all liars and weasels, did you miss that bit
 

The binman chronicles said:
John Major tried and couldn't get it to stick, can you imagine Brown trying to negotiate that kind of deal? Like him or not he was a people person who was able to massage egos enough to push it through and even then it nearly collapsed. A lot of politicians wouldn't have had the gumption to stick with it over days of negotiations.

He, Mo and Clinton, were key to it getting it over the line. To say anything but is just showing the bias to suit your overall view of the man.
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Major changed tact to try and save his own political skin and caused the breakdown of a ceasefire and subsequently talks.

The relationship between Blair and Ahern was crucial to getting the GFA over the line.

Blair also faced down the Orange Order in NI during his tenure, something which Major refused to do.
 
dholliday said:
There's an entire Nation outside of Liverpool, group of nations even. And outside of that, there's the rest of the world too.

Most people, whether British or foreign, remember Thatcher as being a strong leader who made Britain a leading figure internationally again.

I get she's hated by Liverpudlians, and generally by anti-toryists...but they're the minority.


Margaret Thatcher is the UK's greatest post-war Prime Minister, according to poll

Collection of all major polls of best PM of all time: Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Clement Attlee, and Margaret Thatcher generally appear toward the top of rankings



One single opinion article from a random journo doesn't mean it's been debunked.

The same journo who also wrote this:

Blair built on Thatcher’s legacy. That’s a simple fact

Do you agree with this too?



Examples of this and their domino effects on not just the region but closer to home too?


Seen as you place importance in the colour of a politician's skin, I'm sure you'll be pleased at the diversity of skin tone the Tories are offering in their leadership contest.



Informative post, cheers.
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That’s one well composed reply.
 

dholliday said:
There's an entire Nation outside of Liverpool, group of nations even. And outside of that, there's the rest of the world too.

Most people, whether British or foreign, remember Thatcher as being a strong leader who made Britain a leading figure internationally again.

I get she's hated by Liverpudlians, and generally by anti-toryists...but they're the minority.


Margaret Thatcher is the UK's greatest post-war Prime Minister, according to poll

Collection of all major polls of best PM of all time: Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Clement Attlee, and Margaret Thatcher generally appear toward the top of rankings



One single opinion article from a random journo doesn't mean it's been debunked.

The same journo who also wrote this:

Blair built on Thatcher’s legacy. That’s a simple fact

Do you agree with this too?



Examples of this and their domino effects on not just the region but closer to home too?


Seen as you place importance in the colour of a politician's skin, I'm sure you'll be pleased at the diversity of skin tone the Tories are offering in their leadership contest.



Informative post, cheers.
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What, Really?
 

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