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John Major

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The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.


— John Major


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The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.


— John Major


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The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.


— John Major


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There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.


— John Major


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Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.


— John Major


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Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.


— John Major


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Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.


— John Major


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Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.


— John Major


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What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?


— John Major


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Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.


— 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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