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The table lists all the party leaders who have led their parties to general election victories since 1935. It does not include Gordon Brown (PM 2017-2010) and Jim Callaghan (PM 1976-1979) who became PM in the middle of parliaments and went onto to lose the following general elections.
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(If only: I got a 2:1. But such is life.)
One technical point - Churchill didn't go to university but he was at Sandhurst which is usually accepted as equivalent to a degree in that era.
It may mean that this new pragmatic face people were hoping from them next year on the negotiations may not materialise.
He thinks it worked last time so is trying to do it again. Frankly I think the idea we’ll get anything like a comprehensive trade deal in that time is pie in the sky so it’ll be interesting to see what happens when November rolls around.
I think Labour are about to miss the point. It matters little who is out front of the house, if the policies are not wanted by the electorate.
The Govt has a mandate. Get Brexit done, and Boris will.
You sure? Although maybe the infamous GATT can come riding to our rescue at that point...
However, it has to be remembered that one handicap a Labour leader has is that immediately he or she gets into post the 'investigation' departments of the Mail, Sun and Express will swing into action, looking for any activities from whenever that can be used to discredit him or her.
But, of course, you are correct! Mea culpa. Or possibly peccavi.
I think “stupidity” was possibly the wrong word for me to use, as it applies purely in relation to the economy.
I get why May had the wheeze of writing things into law that one wing or the other wanted In order to get their votes on board (with, it has to be said, limited success).
Why Boris wants to tie his hands in the same way when he doesn’t have to horse trade at home is a mystery to me.
Pervez Musharraf: Pakistan ex-leader sentenced to death for treason
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50819772
To be honest, now that I've stopped trying to stop Brexit, I feel kind of liberated. I may even buy some popcorn.
We can only hope that Boris's majority is large enough to put that through. It is possible that Cummings has gamed this and seen a repeat of the nonsense that we had in the last Parliament with remainers constantly putting off the leaving date in the hope that it never happens except this time it would be ERG types seeking to prevent the deal on the basis that it amounts to some form of servitude or something equally ridiculous.
The problem is that the broader the agreement the more problematic and lengthy the approval process in each EU country is going to be. It seems unlikely to me that the EU will be able to hold together the degree of unanimity achieved in the Art 50 negotiations, especially if several EU countries are in recession. Will this put pressure on them? I am unconvinced.
The people in ‘People’s Government’ are those who voted from them.
Other persons belong in a different category.
Always rather sad that Oxford/Cambridge alumni seem to get stuck, never quite progressing from where they went to college. Always mentioning it as if it should matter.
He kind of backed Richard Leonard staying on as Scottish leader (half-heartedly), and effectively said that he will not run for the newly-vacant Scottish depute leader position (defeated former Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Lesley Laird resigned yesterday, after losing Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath).
Glad that I have a secure job and pension. A noticeable spike in headhunters emails over the last weeks.
The intention to aim for a Canada style FTA by the year end is quite clear.
If not entirely realistic.
Or, as an alternative, moving to Scotland or Ireland. Not too keen on the climate in either of those options, though.
Joking aside, yes you're right. But I expected some sort of fudge on the sentence.
(And ironically it's not the coup itself he's been sentenced for.)
Politically it will no doubt be very successful. It’s worked in Hungary and Poland and it will work here.
If we have a soft Brexit and there is economic damage, there are a large number of people who will believe Farage's claim that it was because it was a treacherous Brexit and not sufficiently independent. If we have a hard Brexit with economic damage, many fewer people will believe this. Cummings may be operating on this - potentially disastrous - strategy to neutralise Farage.
I worked there before. Nice country and Prime Minister.
Sheer, bone-headed stupidity.
Have a good day.
*Cue jokes about the fact it’s in Welsh.
That must have been the feedback from her Islington supper party focus group.
When the call came for me to form a government, one of my first thoughts was that it should be a government of which Harrow should not be ashamed. I remembered how in previous governments there had been four, or perhaps five Harrovians, and I was determined to have six.
Johnson is probably going to be the same as Trump and/or Beeblebrox.
https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1206825958797463552