Say, what?
Best recent British PM?
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Say, what?
Gordon Brown, texture like Sun's 
Lexicus
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I voted Major, is there anything I don't know about him that would make him worse than Blair or Brown?
danjuno
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Presumably he did something to warrant being replaced with Blair.
Voted Brown because he the only Labour PM besides Blair on the list.
Voted Brown because he the only Labour PM besides Blair on the list.
Sofista
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The more colourful character, the one who'd be the funnier to have a beer with: Boris.
danjuno
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Aye, that've been my guess.
Gordon Brown is in the lead.
Which is funny as in 2010 he was incredibly unpopular.
I guess the succession of successively worse Tory corrupt incompetents that followed him has made us appreciate him.
Honestly, he got a bad rap for being a grumpy Scot, like either of those things were relevant. The Chancellor backlash was still fresh, but I believe the economic necessities has made him look better in retrospect on that over time (in that it could've been a lot worse, and the Tories have spent every year since then cratering our economy anyway).
Brown had the disadvantage of being seen as "continuity Blair", like Major was "continuity Thatcher", so he was always doomed from the start, but he also had the global financial meltdown during his tenure.
Perfection
The Great Head.
I couldn't resist voting for Liz Truss...
.... I mean there was that one big accomplishment
.... I mean there was that one big accomplishment
MrCynical
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The whole grumpy Scot thing was seem as such a big deal that Brown's PR team literally trained him to smile. Which was even worse because he'd suddenly pull these awful fake grins in interviews where his lips were smiling but his eyes weren't. Personally I think he'd have been better off sticking with the dour Scotsman look, rather than making it so obvious that he'd hit a cue in his speech notes saying "smile here!"
Brown and Labour never had much chance at the 2010 election after the whole financial crisis. Also the issue of Labour having been in for over a decade, and the "politicians need changing regularly" viewpoint. I don't think Blair would have stood down in the first place if he thought Labour had a serious shot at winning.
Corbyn was to become prime minister, to stave off hard brexit. Remember what happened then with the libdem and snp blocking that and instead suggesting a tory? (Ken Clarke)
It's disgraceful, really. Another missed opportunity. Then again, at least libdem/snp were not of his own party, so had reasons to undermine him.
I am sure you remember what I am talking about.
And tbf, if you don't want an actual left party, why not stick to voting tory/libtory?
Well, if all PMs since and including Atlee and Churchill were an option, there would be an obvious answer.
The most competent are probably between Thatcher, Major and Brown. Blair had his own succes story, but was seriously compromised by his decision to invade Iraq with the US. Especially considering that some of his own intelligence network and legal experts informed his government, that the whole basis for partaking in the war, was challenged.
I chose Major, though I would never vote for the British Conservatives, if I could vote.
The most competent are probably between Thatcher, Major and Brown. Blair had his own succes story, but was seriously compromised by his decision to invade Iraq with the US. Especially considering that some of his own intelligence network and legal experts informed his government, that the whole basis for partaking in the war, was challenged.
I chose Major, though I would never vote for the British Conservatives, if I could vote.
