Major lookes and sounds much different back then than he does today. Today he sounds calm, wise, back then it he looked defensive and almost screaming back to whoever.
Yeah, he's grown into the elder statement role. Although the setting is also different, he's in studios now where he doesn't have to protect his voice, which is likely what's behind the odd tone. He was never much good at that. Plus, the Tories went completely mental so he became a voice of reason.
@@tophat593 Also true, I actually enjoy listening to him in the past 10 or so years. Back in the 90s? Not so much. Even in interviews he had this sort of smug confidence... I believe Alastair Campbell said that Blair admitted to regretting how mean his famous and brilliantly executed "weak weak weak" attack on Major sounded, even though Blair said it was necessary.
@@MagicNash89 Yeah, the very same thought occurred to me. As it happens, I listened to the that famous PMQ recently and actually Major gave as good as he got. Honestly, hard to say who won. It's just it made the soundbite which made the news. Major's droning nasal voice and geeky look could never stand up to the charismatic Blair. Plus, the Tory party was embroiled in scandal which didn't help.
Many people say bad things about John Major, but, in my opinion, he was a better statesman than many of those who had managed the UK, since the war ended, in 1945. The good works done by Major and his cabinet gave Blair and Brown a platform to rule for the next decade, deliver strong economic growth, and reduce social and economic inequality to some extent.
I'm a full-blown Socialist, but in a choice between Major and the Tory clowns we have now, I would take Major in a heartbeat. Major at least believed in something, and left the country with a stronger economy than it had when he came into the job. Under the current lot our public services are on their knees, and we haven't even got good economic performance to show for it.
Ahh the good old days (probably) when everything was brilliant (I assume) and god smiled on the happy little souls of Great Britain (as I’ve been told) 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Major lookes and sounds much different back then than he does today. Today he sounds calm, wise, back then it he looked defensive and almost screaming back to whoever.
Yeah, he's grown into the elder statement role. Although the setting is also different, he's in studios now where he doesn't have to protect his voice, which is likely what's behind the odd tone. He was never much good at that.
Plus, the Tories went completely mental so he became a voice of reason.
@@tophat593 Also true, I actually enjoy listening to him in the past 10 or so years. Back in the 90s? Not so much. Even in interviews he had this sort of smug confidence... I believe Alastair Campbell said that Blair admitted to regretting how mean his famous and brilliantly executed "weak weak weak" attack on Major sounded, even though Blair said it was necessary.
@@MagicNash89 Yeah, the very same thought occurred to me. As it happens, I listened to the that famous PMQ recently and actually Major gave as good as he got. Honestly, hard to say who won. It's just it made the soundbite which made the news. Major's droning nasal voice and geeky look could never stand up to the charismatic Blair. Plus, the Tory party was embroiled in scandal which didn't help.
Many people say bad things about John Major, but, in my opinion, he was a better statesman than many of those who had managed the UK, since the war ended, in 1945.
The good works done by Major and his cabinet gave Blair and Brown a platform to rule for the next decade, deliver strong economic growth, and reduce social and economic inequality to some extent.
I'm a full-blown Socialist, but in a choice between Major and the Tory clowns we have now, I would take Major in a heartbeat.
Major at least believed in something, and left the country with a stronger economy than it had when he came into the job. Under the current lot our public services are on their knees, and we haven't even got good economic performance to show for it.
@@hubertcumberdale6221 agreed
Indeed, we had hope then. Now there isn't as much
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Make Britain Wales Again Starmer 2024
Stuff labour
Yeah brought back memories from the 1997 landslide
It's 1997 all over again.
Very similar to today's campaigning, there's only one party winning here.
Hopefully not labour clowns
Kinda eerie how different and yet weirdly similar things were back then as they are today
Force Majeure
Ahh the good old days (probably) when everything was brilliant (I assume) and god smiled on the happy little souls of Great Britain (as I’ve been told)
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
and the 50p's were slightly larger.