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Topic History of: John Major terrific on Marr Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Foz
Innocent Accused wrote: He made a big mistake over Black Wednesday!
Although it put paid to any plan that we would join the Euro for many years to come - we are in worse debt than most countries in Europe, but at least we have the relative security of the pound.
Innocent Accused
He made a big mistake over Black Wednesday!
JK2006
I could live on 15% interest; it was what I saved for.
robbiex
You have to remember that we had 15% interest rate under Major. A disaster for the vast majority of us mortgage holders, but great for savers.
Prunella Minge
Ex-leaders often sound much better once the pressure is off and they can speak their mind. Even Nixon ended up sounding quite sensible about global politics. The problem with Major was that he couldn't control his cabinet, and was terrified of the media, so he'd be hopeless in the current situation (but good sitting on a sofa having a relaxed chat before lunch somewhere nice).