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21 hours 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.
1 day ago · Two years into his premiership, Major went on to lead the Conservatives to a fourth consecutive electoral victory, winning more than 14 million votes, which remains the highest number ever won by a political party in Britain.
3 days ago · When she did not receive the required majority, she withdrew, and John Major, the chancellor of the Exchequer since October 1989, was chosen on November 27. Thatcher resigned as prime minister the following day and was replaced by Major.
3 days ago · Under Major, in 1994, the IRA declared a cease-fire, the Protestant paramilitaries followed suit soon after, and talks between the British government, the Irish government, and Sinn Féin began.
4 days ago · Neville Chamberlain did so in 1940 and, on 6 April 1955, Sir Winston Churchill dealt with government business before giving a farewell tea party for staff. In 1976 Harold Wilson went to Chequers after his resignation; in 1997 John Major watched cricket at the Oval and, in 2007, Tony Blair travelled to his Sedgefield constituency.
5 days ago · “The Autobiography” of John Major, who succeeded Thatcher as prime minister in 1990, deserves honourable mention. Its best passages are about his unconventional childhood (his mother had a ...
3 days ago · He was clever, single-minded, confident of his own abilities, and a natural politician. But perhaps his greatest asset in the early 1780s was his youth. He had entered Parliament in 1780 and was just 24 when he became first minister in 1783.
