I was young when Sir Alec was PM, but always remember my father, who supported Labour in British politics, saying that Home was one of the best in the Tory party. After resigning as party leader, he continued to serve the country for another ten years, including as foreign secretary under Ted Heath. A true gentleman and a statesman.
I do wonder what such an honourable gentleman would make of the so called honourable members of today? I rather suspect that we have lost far more than we have gained in the last 50 years.
I took my username from hearing Sir Alec's surname pronounced as a child. As a child I didn't know who they were referring to as I saw his name to be 'Home'. Tonight for the first time in all those years the mystery has been solved.
@@Mike8981 I was there too. As her late Majesty said - “recollections may vary”. Wow, trawling through comments from over 3 years ago - what an exciting life you must lead 😉.
Because he wasn’t just a politician he was a nobleman. He was the Earl of Home prior to relinquishing his peerage to take a seat in the commons. His family is a long and storied throughout Scotland.
We have to remember that he only just lost the 1964 election. Labour only had a majority of 4. Sir Alec must have put up a good political fight against Wilson at the time.
It was a much closer election than the 'experts' had forecast. Labour was supposed to have won by far more than it did, due to the various scandals the Tories had shot themselves in the feet with, and the electorate having gotten tired of the Tories after four straight Conservative PMs.
Yeah but a problem was Lord Home was attacked by Labour for being a nobleman and elitist (He had previously been a peer and Earl of Home) as well as spreading rumors he was only appointed PM because his family had close ties to the crown when in reality it was Macmilliam who chose him to succeed him
@@gregb6469harusnya david cameron jadi perdana menteri sampai 2020 atau bahkan sampai sekarang. Gagal karena brexit yang didukung rusia putin dan trump sialan 😢😢😢
When politicians were politicians. In my view Home was the last Conservative leader. No one following had a right to use that name. Forget parties now, Home and Wilson would have torn todays mps (lower case intentional) to pieces in seconds in debate. As an afterthought, the philosopher, David Hume, was an ancestor, and, typical of the man, changed the spelling of the surname to one that matched the pronunciation.
Voters are the ones to blame. Too many of them have a short attention span, are not interested in serious political debate, and are susceptible to demagogues and buffoons.
I think it should be investigated if the state now and then is legislated with the Bible written as a story. The word immunity (Latin immunitas, freedom from obligations to the state) comes from a religious revelation from the middle ages, most likely from a pope to become lawless, and which has since been rewritten into full immunity to the queen, personal and functional immunity (legally, cannot be prosecuted for criminal act) to the prime minister, government, parliament, cabinet, and Supreme Court for law decisions and actions. I also think it should be investigated if millions of fallen soldiers in the world wars were elected by the people or not. The political exploitation of the vital ecosystem has now led to forest death (force majeure) how will it affect people's economy, etc? I think the Democrat Party can be a consciously misleading party name with all parties belonging to the Conservative Party, as current political democracy and socialism can only be about going more toward the middle, eg. social democrats. The reason may be that the queen (head of state) wants to govern the people with full immunity together with the prime minister, government, parliament, cabinet, and Supreme Court with functional immunity, personal immunity for law decisions and actions, even with the misleading word professional politician. I think the people should consider voting for a real democratic party with an independent state formation to investigate if the queen, prime minister, government, parliament, cabinet, and Supreme Court overall may be guilty of a violation of democratic rights with misleading elections, economic crimes, violation of human rights with class society for adults and children, serious environmental crime (force majeure).
As an American who is a long time observer of Britain, I take some exception to how so many Brits complain bitterly about your political elite. You seem to have no idea how fortunate you are to have been blessed with such erudition and nobility, applicable to Labour as well as the Tories. Are there some silly twits? Of course. But the majority are very high quality and committed to their county.
It would not be possible or acceptable, indeed by 1963 this evidently was already the case, as Home re-entered the Commons in a by-election (he already had been an MP years before). The last PM who served their whole term whilst sitting in the House of Lords was Lord Salisbury, who dominated the scene in the late 19th century, governing until 1902.
It’s funny, I knew nothing about this guy but decided to look him up after playing as England in the TNO mod for Hoi4.
Now he has became a part of hmmlr
I was young when Sir Alec was PM, but always remember my father, who supported Labour in British politics, saying that Home was one of the best in the Tory party.
After resigning as party leader, he continued to serve the country for another ten years, including as foreign secretary under Ted Heath.
A true gentleman and a statesman.
A gentleman twice over.
Funny how people hate nobility and say they’re just privileged brats but then when they hear one talk, they respect them
I do wonder what such an honourable gentleman would make of the so called honourable members of today?
I rather suspect that we have lost far more than we have gained in the last 50 years.
I took my username from hearing Sir Alec's surname pronounced as a child. As a child I didn't know who they were referring to as I saw his name to be 'Home'. Tonight for the first time in all those years the mystery has been solved.
What a classically elegant gentleman of the old school. Wish politics was still peopled by those like him.
Jacob Rees-Mogg is the only one left
@@bnap3221 not really
Johnny Frisco How come?
@@bnap3221 Absolutely true in this degenerate age of disrespect
A true Scot and an honest person 🤗
I really like this man - likes even the politicians who do not agree with him.
What a gentleman
A lovely gentleman
How much more civilised was public life in those days.
It wasn’t, I can categorically tell you!
@@Mike8981 I was there too. As her late Majesty said - “recollections may vary”. Wow, trawling through comments from over 3 years ago - what an exciting life you must lead 😉.
so far he is my favorite prime Minister
How did we go from this to Boris Johnson?
Brexit
Because he wasn’t just a politician he was a nobleman. He was the Earl of Home prior to relinquishing his peerage to take a seat in the commons. His family is a long and storied throughout Scotland.
We have to remember that he only just lost the 1964 election. Labour only had a majority of 4. Sir Alec must have put up a good political fight against Wilson at the time.
It was a much closer election than the 'experts' had forecast. Labour was supposed to have won by far more than it did, due to the various scandals the Tories had shot themselves in the feet with, and the electorate having gotten tired of the Tories after four straight Conservative PMs.
Yeah but a problem was Lord Home was attacked by Labour for being a nobleman and elitist (He had previously been a peer and Earl of Home) as well as spreading rumors he was only appointed PM because his family had close ties to the crown when in reality it was Macmilliam who chose him to succeed him
@@gregb6469harusnya david cameron jadi perdana menteri sampai 2020 atau bahkan sampai sekarang. Gagal karena brexit yang didukung rusia putin dan trump sialan 😢😢😢
@@WawanMurtopo --If you are going to comment on British politics, the least you can do is post in English.
@@gregb6469i dont english languange
When politicians were politicians. In my view Home was the last Conservative leader. No one following had a right to use that name. Forget parties now, Home and Wilson would have torn todays mps (lower case intentional) to pieces in seconds in debate.
As an afterthought, the philosopher, David Hume, was an ancestor, and, typical of the man, changed the spelling of the surname to one that matched the pronunciation.
Voters are the ones to blame. Too many of them have a short attention span, are not interested in serious political debate, and are susceptible to demagogues and buffoons.
@@aristeon5908 So very true.
A century earlier he'd have been Prime Minister for many years.
"An elegant anachronism"
"Iron painted as wood."
Hume.
The line of questioning is a little odd here, Eamonn baby.
Only one year as prime minister
I think it should be investigated if the state now and then is legislated with the Bible written as a story. The word immunity (Latin immunitas, freedom from obligations to the state) comes from a religious revelation from the middle ages, most likely from a pope to become lawless, and which has since been rewritten into full immunity to the queen, personal and functional immunity (legally, cannot be prosecuted for criminal act) to the prime minister, government, parliament, cabinet, and Supreme Court for law decisions and actions. I also think it should be investigated if millions of fallen soldiers in the world wars were elected by the people or not. The political exploitation of the vital ecosystem has now led to forest death (force majeure) how will it affect people's economy, etc?
I think the Democrat Party can be a consciously misleading party name with all parties belonging to the Conservative Party, as current political democracy and socialism can only be about going more toward the middle, eg. social democrats. The reason may be that the queen (head of state) wants to govern the people with full immunity together with the prime minister, government, parliament, cabinet, and Supreme Court with functional immunity, personal immunity for law decisions and actions, even with the misleading word professional politician.
I think the people should consider voting for a real democratic party with an independent state formation to investigate if the queen, prime minister, government, parliament, cabinet, and Supreme Court overall may be guilty of a violation of democratic rights with misleading elections, economic crimes, violation of human rights with class society for adults and children, serious environmental crime (force majeure).
Truth talking transitional momment
'Life's too short to dislike your political opponents' Would that all the Trump-haters out there could learn that lesson.
I think that would equally apply to Trump and his supporters, don’t you?
@@MrAJR76 -- Most of us on the Right do not hate our opponents as people, we just strongly disagree with their destructive ideas.
As an American who is a long time observer of Britain, I take some exception to how so many Brits complain bitterly about your political elite. You seem to have no idea how fortunate you are to have been blessed with such erudition and nobility, applicable to Labour as well as the Tories. Are there some silly twits? Of course. But the majority are very high quality and committed to their county.
So you are not impressed with your own country's politics?
Yes, but this interview is from 1974! The current lot really need putting out to grass.
@@nelsonfraser2800 Where are you from?
John King The UK, South West.
@@nelsonfraser2800 OK, you interested in politics, both UK and USA?
I'd like to see what it would look like for a Prime Minister to sit in the House of Lords today
It would not be possible or acceptable, indeed by 1963 this evidently was already the case, as Home re-entered the Commons in a by-election (he already had been an MP years before). The last PM who served their whole term whilst sitting in the House of Lords was Lord Salisbury, who dominated the scene in the late 19th century, governing until 1902.
mmm noodle soup .