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Originally Posted by hatedbythemail
i went to poly. would never get near a position of power in either party ;-)
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I don't know - John Major was no scholar:
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Major left school at sixteen in 1959, with three O-levels: History, English Language, and English Literature. He would later gain three more by correspondence course in British Constitution, Mathematics and Economics. ... Major applied to become a bus conductor after leaving school but his application was rejected due to his height, although early media reports claimed wrongly this was due to poor arithmetic. His first job was as a clerk in an insurance brokerage firm in 1959 after leaving school. Disliking this, he quit and for a time, he helped with his father's garden ornaments business with his brother, Terry Major-Ball...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major)
If you ask me we could do with more "men of the people" like John Major, and fewer of the "ivory tower" brigade that seem to rule Westminster.