4course
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anyone else see john major on marr this morning thought he came over well against a fool, meassured talking from experience and with no future direct benefit for himself
anyone else see john major on marr this morning thought he came over well against a fool, meassured talking from experience and with no future direct benefit for himself
fool even liked Curry if I remember correctly !He's just a grey milibean who likes cricket, not a clue how the country thinks these days. If they opened their eyes these former pms would see why they were chucked out in the first place. Poverty!
Wasn't that JM who thought it a good idea to take the pound into the ERM in preparation for joining the Euro.? Remind me how that ended?
I remember sitting in my office while he and Norman Lamont raised interest rates by about 5% in two hours in a desparate attempt to keep the exchange rate within limits while George Soros trousered about £5 billion speculating against them. They said it would spell doom for the economy if we didn't keep within the limits. I remember he said something like we would never come out of the ERM unless it was over his dead body or words to that effect. Next day we were out and the economy enjoyed a sustained period of growth.
That was the last time I ever took any notice of anything he said, a view reinforced by his affair with Edwina Curry. And people still give him any credit as a man of sound judgement?
Was he the model for them ?I'm pretty sure Norman Lamont wants out. Two men who were directly in charge when we crashed out of the ERM. Norman learned but John didn't. He should have gone back to his family business making concrete garden gnomes.
his comment about boris, gove etc not wanting to keep the NHS will really do the tories a lot of good at the next election, I wonder how many times the labour party will quote his remark at the next election, what a fool
He's just a grey milibean who likes cricket, not a clue how the country thinks these days. If they opened their eyes these former pms would see why they were chucked out in the first place. Poverty!