Who Are Your Top 5 British Prime Ministers?

[ToraToraTora]

here's mine....
1. Winston Churchill (TGM)
2. Margaret Thatcher (TGL)
3. Clement Atlee
4. Harold Macmillan
5. Boris Johnson

[anneasquith]

Have you forgot BJ is a liar ?

[ToraToraTora]

People say that Anne but no one seems to have an example.

[anneasquith]

Oh please ……

[ToraToraTora]

do you have any examples?

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In december 2021 catherine west asked johnson in parliament “ Will the prime minister tell the House whether there was a party in Downing Street on 13 November?” referring to the year 2020

johnson replied:

“ No - but I am sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times."

there was a party in downing street on 13 November 2020 and johnson was photographed participating in it

[Ken4155]

TTT, two words; Petronella Wyatt

[ToraToraTora]

11:49, He believed it was fine that's not a lie, in fact there is still some debate about whether it was legal anyway. People working together in the same building were allowed to gather. Next!

[ToraToraTora]

what race is that in ken?

[Ken4155]

Thought you were asking for examples, ttt. Obviously not:-/

[ToraToraTora]

Yes can you expand on "Petronella Wyatt"....

[Khandro]

The best Labour PM was Harold Wilson who enacted social reforms in education, health, housing, gender equality, price controls, pensions, provisions for disabled, the Open University, Concorde, etc.

The best Tory PM was Margaret Thatcher.

Why everyone picks Churchill I don't know, he was a great leader in WW2, but I can't think of much else he achieved.

[youngmafbog]

I believe he was slipping her a length at some point TTT.

[THECORBYLOON]

https://web.archive.org/web/20080724140737/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article391143.ece

[youngmafbog]

//Why everyone picks Churchill I don't know, he was a great leader in WW2, but I can't think of much else he achieved.//

Well that was quite something, what more do you want?

For me I'd struggle to name 5. TGL is my No1, others have done some real good stuff but not as outstanding as her. If Blair hadnt lied to go to war I would probably had him in there too he actually did gel the country together for quite some time even if I didnt like all of his policies. And these days he would loko more of a Tory than many we have sitting on the blue benches.

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"He believed it was fine that's not a lie"

the bit where he said there was not a party - "No" - was not a belief it was an assertion of fact that he must have known was false

[ToraToraTora]

khandro: "Why everyone picks Churchill I don't know, he was a great leader in WW2, but I can't think of much else he achieved." - I don't know how that loaf of yours works but us and the civilised world have him to thank for delivering us from Tyranny, I'll settle for that.

[ToraToraTora]

13:08, what constitutes a party is a matter of opinion for us all me old china. Next!

[Ken4155]

Johnson had an affair with the aforementioned lady, resulting in a pregnancy which she aborted. When Howard asked him about the affair, he denied it, saying reports of the affair were "a pyramid of inverted piffle."
Howard later sacked him from the Shadow Cabinet for lying about the affair.
Thought you'd have been aware of all that.

[Peter Pedant]

kist such as this classically suffers from Recall Bias

TTT has only 20 c ones

Disraeli
Pitt Younger
Grey
Londonderry
Asquith

no particular order

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"what constitutes a party is a matter of opinion for us all me old china. Next!"

a crap party is still a party... just admit you don't care about him lying and spare us all the indignity