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
country dog morning
Fifty years on from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and pools fillers and, as George Orwell said, 'Old maids bicycling to holy communion through the morning mist' and, if we get our way, Shakespeare will still be read even in school.
hands british behalf
Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.
mistake failure discovery
The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.
running son priorities
I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.
effectiveness europe wells
Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.
asking answers politician
If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
running block community
In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong.
needs littles
Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.
knowing long speech
Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it.
country dog morning
A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.
life recovery moments
Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
wall fighting turns
When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.
jobs dollars pounds
Let's turn British inventions into British industries, British factories and British jobs. Let them make pounds for us, not dollars marks or yen for others.