Switzerland meanwhile has lower taxes than the UK and Scandi nations, lower spending and still well run public services and no debt (View Post)

Only because Blair looked relatively fresh and new and the Tories had been in too long and some of their MPs behaved badly. Now Major probably has more respect from the voters than Blair (View Post)

No and of course plenty of Presidents, a PM and a former Cabinet minister and billionaires and an actor or 2 also in the files I suspect but it was the main current affairs story of the day. Other th… (View Post)

Looking back on it his premiership was overall relatively successful, he left low inflation, a balanced budget and low unemployment and a growing economy for New Labour and when he went to war with S… (View Post)

Is there any living ex PM with more gravitas and authority now than Major? Nobody would have believed that in 1997 and he certainly has more authority than Starmer now too (View Post)