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Re: Tory economic policy (or lack of?)
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Come on he was a yes man, in that respect you could say he brown nosed his way to the top and was then lost. He showed zero leadership skills and little initiative tbh imo it's a sad lookout for Britain if he is held up as an example to emulate. You should succeed through talent, if you manage to through anything else you will be found out.
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You are, of course, entitled to your opinion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major
"Paddy Ashdown, the leader of the Liberal Democrats during Major's term of office, once described him in the House of Commons as a "decent and honourable man". Few observers doubted that he was an honest man, or that he made sincere and sometimes successful attempts to improve life in Britain and to unite his deeply divided party."
"Since leaving office Major has, unlike Margaret Thatcher, tended to take a low profile and has stayed out of front-line politics"
"Major has so far declined the customary peerage offered to former Prime Ministers on standing down from Parliament"
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page125.asp
"Early into his term, he announced the abolition of the poll tax which had caused so much controversy during Thatcher's final years in office.
A particular personal initiative was the Citizens Charter, a code designed to introduce greater accountability to public services and to drive up standards of service. The Charter has been built on by the present Labour Government and copied around the world.
Major's style was radically different from his predecessor. His unassuming and down-to-earth manner was considered a breath of fresh air, and a contrast to Margaret Thatcher's forcefulness.
He established the Northern Ireland Peace Process in the early 1990s and agreed the 'Downing Street Declaration' and 'Joint Frameworks Document' with successive Irish Premiers. These formed the necessary building blocks for the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
John Major also established the National Lottery as a personal initiative which has provided billions of pounds for good causes."
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