Who Was The Greatest British Prime Minister Of Recent Times?

by **United commonwealth of ayrshire** » Sat May 03, 2014 2:49 am

So the question: Who was the greatest British Prime Minister of recent times?
If I had to pick one, I would have to pick Harold Wilson. He was the last successful true Socialist Prime Minister, he made the process of de-colonisation go much smoother when compared to France or Portugal, and of course the rain dance incident was hilarious.
So, NSG: Who would you pick?

by **Pagan Hungary** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:06 am

Nigel Farage

by **Greater Vessela** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:10 am

Nigel Thornberry

by **Britannic Realms** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:11 am

Where's Clement Attlee?

by **United commonwealth of ayrshire** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:25 am

Britannic Realms wrote:Where's Clement Attlee?

As much as I admire Clemeny Attlee, poll restrictions mean I chose to only include the last 10 Prime ministers.

Pagan Hungary wrote:Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage is not a Prime Minister, and (thank goodness) never will be.

by **Empire of Vlissingen** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:28 am

United commonwealth of ayrshire wrote:
Britannic Realms wrote:Where's Clement Attlee?

As much as I admire Clemeny Attlee, poll restrictions mean I chose to only include the last 10 Prime ministers.

Pagan Hungary wrote:Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage is not a Prime Minister, and (thank goodness) never will be.

Well the party of Nigel Farage UKIP seems to be growing in the polls, what is so bad about Nigel Farage?

by **United commonwealth of ayrshire** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:35 am

Empire of Vlissingen wrote:
United commonwealth of ayrshire wrote:As much as I admire Clemeny Attlee, poll restrictions mean I chose to only include the last 10 Prime ministers.

Nigel Farage is not a Prime Minister, and (thank goodness) never will be.

Well the party of Nigel Farage UKIP seems to be growing in the polls, what is so bad about Nigel Farage?

Are you British?

by **Pagan Hungary** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:36 am

Empire of Vlissingen wrote:Well the party of Nigel Farage UKIP seems to be growing in the polls, what is so bad about Nigel Farage?

Obviously he just doesn't agree with his political views.

by **Lordieth** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:37 am

United commonwealth of ayrshire wrote:
Britannic Realms wrote:Where's Clement Attlee?

As much as I admire Clemeny Attlee, poll restrictions mean I chose to only include the last 10 Prime ministers.

Pagan Hungary wrote:Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage is not a Prime Minister, and (thank goodness) never will be.

I can imagine an alternate timeline where he is, and it does not bode well for the UK.

by **Wolfmanne** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:38 am

Why do these threads come up so much?

If you really insist, MacMillan.

by **Empire of Vlissingen** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:41 am

United commonwealth of ayrshire wrote:
Empire of Vlissingen wrote:Well the party of Nigel Farage UKIP seems to be growing in the polls, what is so bad about Nigel Farage?

Are you British?

No I'm from the Netherlands

by **ParkManLand** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:41 am

I would go with Churchill if he was there.

But Thatcher is good so I'm going with her.

by **United commonwealth of ayrshire** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:45 am

Empire of Vlissingen wrote:
United commonwealth of ayrshire wrote:
Are you British?

No I'm from the Netherlands

Okay, so voting for UKIP is like voting for your party for freedom.

by **Empire of Vlissingen** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:01 am

United commonwealth of ayrshire wrote:
Empire of Vlissingen wrote:No I'm from the Netherlands

Okay, so voting for UKIP is like voting for your party for freedom.

Which I support.

by **United commonwealth of ayrshire** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:20 am

Empire of Vlissingen wrote:
United commonwealth of ayrshire wrote:
Okay, so voting for UKIP is like voting for your party for freedom.

Which I support.

Ok, so UKIP would appeal to you. It also appears to appeal to many as a sort of protest vote. But the problen with UKIP is that they have no policies outside leaving the European Union. Until they enlighten us as to what they stand for, I don't see them as an eligible party to vote for in any election.

by **United Kingdom of Kent** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:32 am

The Iron Lady gets my vote.

by **Bezombia** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:39 am

I voted for Thatcher as a joke.

by **United commonwealth of ayrshire** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:01 am

Bezombia wrote:I voted for Thatcher as a joke.

It's not an especially funny joke...

by **Pandect** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:14 am

United commonwealth of ayrshire wrote:
Empire of Vlissingen wrote:Which I support.

Ok, so UKIP would appeal to you. It also appears to appeal to many as a sort of protest vote. But the problen with UKIP is that they have no policies outside leaving the European Union. Until they enlighten us as to what they stand for, I don't see them as an eligible party to vote for in any election.

Goodness, how wrong could you possibly be there? UKIP has put forward a full manifesto at the last elections and intends to for the coming ones too. I'm getting tired of people saying that just because they want out of the EU that it's some sort of protest vote. I've voted Conservative for years, but the Conservative party has been losing its conservative values. UKIP has been picking up those values. I shall vote UKIP not as a protest, but because I agree with the bulk of their manifesto policies.

In answer to the thread question: Sadly no Churchill choice on there (get William Manchester's trilogy on the great man to find out more). So since no Churchill, I'll go for Margaret Thatcher. Love her or hate her, you can't deny that she was influential, strong, determined and stood for what she believed in; as well as dragging a flailing economy and country that was falling off the world stage back into one that played an active and powerful role in the world. Also she was part of the team who invented Mr Whippy ice-cream - so bonus points there.

by **Murkwood** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:15 am

Churchill for the quips, Thatcher for the policy.

by **Ruridova** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:18 am

I lean towards Churchill and Attlee personally. Not a fan of Thatcher. Not especially opinionated towards Blair, Brown, and Cameron. Not particularly knowledgable about the rest.

by **Britannic Realms** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:26 am

Harold Macmillan: Pretty good, started decolonisation and other such things.
Alec Douglas-Home: Meh. He wasn't really around long enough to have an opinion.
Harold Wilson: Brilliant. Probably the most progressive PM we've ever had in terms of social reform.
Ted Heath: Didn't have a great personality and was completely incapable of dealing with the strikes.
James Callaghan: Probably could have been a good PM if he was not dumped in such a bad situation.
Thatcher: I don't like her economics, but she did stand up to the unions and helped to defend the Falklands.
John Major: Meh.
Tony Blair: Nope. Hate the man.
Gordon Brown: Same as Callaghan really.
David Cameron: The economy does seem to be improving but I'm not impressed by a lot of his policies.

tl;dr - Harold Wilson.

by **Cymrea** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:33 am

Iron Maggie.

by **Murkwood** » Sat May 03, 2014 7:34 am

Ruridova wrote:I lean towards Churchill and Attlee personally. Not a fan of Thatcher. Not especially opinionated towards Blair, Brown, and Cameron. Not particularly knowledgable about the rest.

I just want to say, I love your flag. Economist, right?

by **Divair2** » Sat May 03, 2014 7:37 am

Attlee.

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