I have a lot of time for John Major honestly, though I didn't at the time

His party was pretty much unleadable but he's a very bright man with integrity in spades and I find myself agreeing with him really quite a lot these days. Brown had a fantastic brain but zero prople or communication skills and those are incredibly important; Thatcher, for all that I utterly despised her and what she stood for was at least a competent PM in that she knew how the system worked and made it work for her; Blair had the communication skills but not the political skill to do the job until towards the end, by which time half the country thought him a war criminal and his goodwill had long since evaporated; Cameron did well getting Clegg on board and they were good for each other but he bequeathed the stupid referendum and didn't actually stand for anything; May played an impossible hand badly; Ben is going to delete this post isn't he...

Posted By: Old Man on February 22nd 2022 at 14:14:02

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Which of these current / former leaders would you have the most trust in to deal with the (General Chat) - NxNW, Feb 22, 13:30:41
- B then D (n/m) (General Chat) - revsimon, Feb 22, 19:16:26
- Cardi B (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 22, 16:47:14
- B or D (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 22, 16:03:55
  - I suspect that B and D have (General Chat) - paulg, Feb 22, 16:31:17
    - Yep the two extremes A / C (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 22, 18:15:48
- I mean, give Philip Schofield a whirl, he can't be worse than what's currently on offer (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 22, 14:08:17
  - does we buy any tank need a new presenter if so he's perfect (n/m) (General Chat) - pinkney, Feb 22, 14:12:44
- Larry the cat for me (n/m) (General Chat) - pinkney, Feb 22, 14:05:03
- This really makes you realise how shit democracy is (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 22, 13:57:19
  - I agree with Dominic Cummings on almost nothing, at all, ever (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 22, 14:07:27
    - it mearly reflects the state of the voters (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 22, 14:12:55
      - Watch the Brexit film with Cumberbatch. It’s all manipulation and gaslighting (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 22, 16:05:46
        
        Very topical Cumberbatch film is "The Courier" on Prime. (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 22, 16:45:59
    - who was the last decent PM we had do you think? (General Chat) - pinkney, Feb 22, 14:09:00
      - We need a benevolent dictator (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 22, 15:10:35
      - Blair probably (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 22, 14:21:55
        
        Yeah, this. I would say Blair, if you ignore all the crusading wars. (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Feb 22, 15:01:46
      - I have a lot of time for John Major honestly, though I didn't at the time (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 22, 14:14:02
        
        Perhaps not ... if we play nicely (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 22, 14:19:21
        
        Major is pompous, dull old fool (General Chat) - paulg, Feb 22, 14:18:42
        
        spitting image got plenty of material out of Major tho :-) (n/m) (General Chat) - munter, Feb 22, 14:20:41
        
        Agree on Cameron. Quite a decent PM before the catastrophic referendum. (n/m) (General Chat) - munter, Feb 22, 14:18:27
      - Thatcher. (n/m) (General Chat) - munter, Feb 22, 14:09:38
- E. (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Feb 22, 13:42:02
- Darth Vader (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 22, 13:41:37
- Genghis Khan (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Feb 22, 13:39:22
- AC/DC with B whacking a big bell. (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 22, 13:38:08
- Corbyn wasn't really a leader. More a tin-pot commie. (General Chat) - munter, Feb 22, 13:37:19
  - slightly higher tax for those earning over £65k and free broadband makes you a commie? (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Feb 22, 17:21:04
- Hmmm (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 22, 13:35:24
- Well this thread is going to last a long time, isn't it... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Feb 22, 13:34:33

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