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2 days ago · Sir John Major KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British former politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He previously held Cabinet positions under prime minister Margaret Thatcher, his last as chancellor of the Exchequer from 1989 to 1990.
5 days ago · John Major (born March 29, 1943, London, England) is a British politician and public official who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997. The son of a former circus performer and vaudeville manager, Major left school at age 16 to help support his family.
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3 days ago · John Major's term as the prime minister of the United Kingdom began on 28 November 1990 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Margaret Thatcher, and ended on 2 May 1997 following the Conservative Party's defeat in the 1997 general election by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair.
Jun 11, 2024 · This article examines the relationship between the Conservative Party’s ideological positioning and the image it tried to project through the various speeches delivered by John Major. It also analyses how John Major’s persona was created and how he constructed a first-person narrative : that of the Brixton kid who would be Prime Minister.
4 days ago · The 18-month-long Air India inquiry, led by former Supreme Court justice John Major, pointed to B.C. resident Talwinder Singh Parmar as the bombing’s architect, as did a separate inquiry ...
Jun 7, 2024 · In 1993 British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds issued the so-called Downing Street Declaration, which established a framework for all-party peace talks.
4 days ago · Rishi Sunak looks like Sir John Major in the run-up to the 1997 general election when “everyone knew what the result would be”, Kwasi Kwarteng has suggested. Mr Kwarteng, a former chancellor ...
