John Major
John Major
Sir John Major, KG, CH, PCis a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He served consecutively as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Thatcher Government from 1989 to 1990, and was the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon from 1979 to 2001...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 March 1943
clever stupid silly
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
patience running games
The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.
fields troops conflict
Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.
effort mind president
Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.
economic born circumstances
When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.
dubious weak foreign-exchange
You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed.
writing long memoir
I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.
surprise life-is life-is-full-of-surprises
Life is full of surprises.
thinking cleansing genocide
I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
conflict scottish parliament
What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?
jobs people house
I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.
bottles middle-east genies
Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
regret entering rate
I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.
british very-good presses
I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.