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The greatest peace time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for over a century?
Discuss.
Discuss.
The greatest peace time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for over a century?
Discuss.
This was never going to end well was it Brian?
Can you give us a list of the other nominees for best PM please?
I'll throw Churchill, Lloyd George and Earl Grey in to the mix.
Can you give us a list of the other nominees for best PM please?
What no Tony Blair.
Thatcher is disqualified as a peacetime PM since she got us into a completely avoidable war with Argentina. Fail.
Thatcher's out see above.
Since 1900 this is the list of PMs, in bold are those which were notable for one reason or another.
Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Herbert Asquith
David Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay McDonald
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Clement Atlee
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Ed Heath
Jim Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
That's to Blair's credit though it was driven by the tide of history (like many of the other accomplishments/demerits of 'great' men and women). He's disqualified since he led us into a war in Iraq.You may jest, but I wonder whether he will be viewed positively due to credit given for Northern Ireland in 40-50 years.
Churchill was a sexist, racist drunkard who only rose to PM because he was born into money. He spent the best part of WW2 pissed off his face, taking credit for everyone else's work.
That's to Blair's credit though it was driven by the tide of history (like many of the other accomplishments/demerits of 'great' men and women). He's disqualified since he led us into a war in Iraq.
I think you mean the worst.
Clement Attlee was the greatest Prime Minister for over a century, by far.
Leading a country into war is a pretty shit 'peacetime' achievement which probably leaves Atlee as the architect of the welfare state and a man who didn't start a war as a clear winner.
For a peacetime thread you are talking an awful lot about war Brian. You just can't help yourself. The only thing you like more than hypothetical war games, are real wars.
Also, if we're discussing 'best PM' then that is limited to what someone did or did not do in their term as PM, not before and after office.
I wasn't the one who brought up Churchill's war record into play, I wasn't the one who brought Thatcher's war record into play, I wasn't the one who brought Blair's war record into play, and I wasn't the one who claimed that Atlee was great in part due to not starting a war - I want this to be about peacetime feats but I'll counter any claims regarding war.
Selective reading as usual.