Sir
John Major appearing on the BBC current affairs programme.
MAJOR EXPENSE: police protection for
John Major at Edgbaston totalled pounds 800 a day; NO COST: Will Smith and Beverley Knight
And what a pity
John Major didn't have the guts to spike Ms Currie's guns by going public first.
Beginning with the end - Election day, May 1st 1997, the day eighteen years of Conservative government came to an end - the book goes on to document in fascinating fashion the critical points in
John Major's career: Margaret Thatcher's downfall; Black Wednesday in 1992; his part in negotiations for the Irish peace process; the leadership re-election in 1995; the Major-style and what people thought of it within the Parliament and within the media; and of course the inside story of the 1997 Conservative election campaign.
Former Prime Minister Sir
John Major with former Foreign Secretary David Miliband in South Shields last night Tim McGuinness
"The fact
John Major is now following the First Minister's idea, is to be welcomed.
We now have the ex prime minister Sir
John Major talking of a windfall tax on the utility companies.
But
John Major, of Holmfirth, won't be going down the "spend, spend, spend" route out of control.
1992:
John Major climbs onto his soapbox Prime Minister
John Major gets onto his soapbox to persuade Conservatives to come out and vote.
Summary: Ed Miliband, Harriet Harman and Sir
John Major will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on Tuesday.
These changes were introduced by
John Major's LAST Tory lot, before pensionable age was increased to 66 by 2020.
The survey put Lady Thatcher's successor Sir
John Major bottom of the rankings on both counts.