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John Major

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I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.


— John Major


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I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character.


— John Major


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I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.


— John Major


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I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving.


— John Major


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I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.


— John Major


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I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.


— John Major


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I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.


— John Major


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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.


— John Major


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I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.


— John Major


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Life is full of surprises.


— John Major


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Black Wednesday

The Conservative majority proved too small for effective control over his backbenchers particularly after the United Kingdom's forced exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) on "Black Wednesday" 16 September 1992 just five months into the new parliament when billions of pounds were spent in a futile attempt to defend the currency's value. By this time the "New" Labour Party was seen as a reformed and fresh alternative under the leadership of Tony Blair; and after eighteen years in office the Conservatives lost the 1997 general election in one of the largest electoral defeats since the Great Reform Act of 1832. Unemployment started to fall; by the start of 1993 it had reached almost 3000000 but by early 1997 it stood at 1700000.

Major's premiership saw the world go through a period of political and military transition after the end of the Cold War. By this time the "New" Labour Party was seen as a reformed and fresh alternative under the leadership of Tony Blair; and after eighteen years in office the Conservatives lost the 1997 general election in one of the largest electoral defeats since the Great Reform Act of 1832.

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