John Major interview | Conservative party | General Election | 1992
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- Sir.Robin Day interviews former British Prime Minister Sir. John Major on the eve of the 1992 general election. In this interview the Prime Minister talks about the health service, the importance of Europe and Scottish Devolution and also why he is not in favour or proportional representation
First Shown: 26/03/1992
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1992 one of the most interesting yet simplistic elections in history
Compared to the shit I'm used to seeing of modern politics John Major looks fuckin bulletproof when he fires back 90% of the time
In terms of how he conducted himself, I'd take John's style of measured engagement by the TON compared to the garbage we have today.
How different it is to see a politician calmly and honestly talking about actual policies. I agree with most of what he says (except for proportional representation). John Major was an intellectual titan compared to the politicians we have now.
J T All prime ministers are. I don’t think they really care.
I mean John Major was decent, you have to acknowledge that he worked extremely hard to become Prime Minister, along with not having a private education or wealthy childhood like Tony Blair or David Cameron.
Wasn’t he just.
Such a contrast to the wooden and defensive Theresa May, the bumbling clown Boris or Liz Truss ducking the interview.
an intellectual titan and he did not go to some posh private school or university
Fascinating. Not the worst recent PM we've had at all.
better than theresa may, boris johnson, anthony eden. lord home,
Boris Johnson's the worst we've ever had. Followed by Elizabeth Truss
"its possible that god may smile upon the labour party" "i think the electorate will smile upon the conservative party"
Thames Television still producing good political shows in 1992, even though by the end of 1992 they would be gone as a broadcaster channel.
@Henry Discipline Sank?
Thatcherite policy…
Sir Robin Day one of the true greats in British Broadcasting
Why on earth aren't they like this now ... Major is actually talking.
Joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism turned out to be a disaster in the end. He was right about devolution.
Turkey agrees.
Yeah, right about devolution - but the ERM was a disaster. It killed the Tory party - and I think it was effectively what lead us to Brexit.
He was well spoken
Yessss thanks Thames!
Proper interview
very relevant policy areas. watching again in May 2023 UK
Ground control to Major John
He was once described as an honorable man leading a dishonorable party . To answer some of the other comments here I think the same thing could be said about Mrs May .
Yes Mrs May wasn't a fluent or convincing campaigner, but she was serious and trustworthy
My goodness! Politicians were absolute monsters of their brief back then. Major is far more lucid and eloquent than I remember. Thirty years ago, leading MPs could talk freely and intelligently around their subject. Of course, the questions were easier but their command of different subjects was far superior to that of today's hopeless fools. 😠 People are still obsessed by the ERM debacle now but it was clearly felt to be the only way of stabilising inflation and preventing irresponsible splurges in spending.
The questions were not easier, they were more challenging.
@@eightiesmusic1984I think there’s an element of both. The questions just had more actual substance to them instead of being a constant barrage of “gotchas”in a sense they probed and could be difficult but they weren’t just out to get you. I would say that has changed substantially along with the development of the average politician’s propensity to purely spout sound bites.
@@Gleifel I cannot remember which established journalist in the UK said it but I read a few months ago that they had found that in recent years the majority of politicians' overriding aim is to avoid answering the question compared to the past when they would seek to engage with it to a much greater extent. The lack of intellectual depth apparent in most politicians also makes intelligent, considered answers less likely. In addition, the requirement to be on message by sticking tightly to briefings provided by party HQ precludes more meaningful discussion of the issues.
@@eightiesmusic1984 I don’t know if you listen to the rest is politics but there is an interesting part of their conversation with the rest is politics where they discuss this whole thing of sticking to a line and the almost caricature level it has reached at this point (and the story of one of Javid’s times breaking that line on the Windrush scandal). I think more politicians than we may actually believe or know about could give intelligent and thoughtful answers but our current politics just doesn’t really permit it.
@@Gleifel I occasionally watch The Rest Is Politics on its You Tube channel. The art of spin has developed considerably in the past thirty years, with politicians sticking to preordained party lines. Me and my wife saw Rory Stewart interviewed by Jon Snow at Hay over ten years ago. He was an interesting interviewee and wore the most incredible jacket I have ever seen in person, not the sort of thing you buy on the typical high street, shall we say. He bought it in Paris for a lot of money I recall him saying when Jon Snow asked about it.
If John Major borrowed Elton John's wig and learned to play the piano he would have been one hell of an Elton John tribute act.
He was amazing compare to what the tories giving these days
John Major is the OG RudeBoi
From Brixton
1. Listen to John Major being serious and understand his approach and his policies.
2. Google Spitting image and laugh your head off.
This is the first time when I have someone say something bad about proportional representation. We in Pakistan, talk about the need to do away with the first past the post system, but here we have Major talking against the whole idea! Interesting.
14:00 - John Major was right on PR - however first past the post is useless too. Ireland has PR and it took over 70 days in 2016 to form a minority government led by Fine Gael and propped up by Fianna Fail. Ireland has not had a proper majority one party government under PR since 1977.
Exactly, Ireland last had a majority government when said party, Fianna Fáil, actually got a literal majority of the votes. Much as I agree the system isn't perfect, it's infinitely more representative than FPTP.
This is why I like AV
Poms should follow Australia’s lead with ranked/preferential voting. We sorted that out a century ago.
@@daveb3987 Ireland has a similar vote system
@@johnking5174 no, it’s different. Australia has a Westminster style lower house, the House of Representatives(like House of Commons) with single member constituencies. Voting is for the single member seats like UK but is not first past the post but the far more appropriate ranked choice, where the most preferred candidate wins. Rounds of counting are done to eliminate the last ranked from each round and redistribute the ballot until there is a final candidate left with a clear majority. It enables similar candidates to run without spoiling the result. Proportional representation is used in the Upper House, the Senate, which elects an equal number of senators from each state - that’s where some nutters appear.
In another 8 years Sir Robin would be dead. RIP.😢😢
Why is Major being interviewed by Gary Oldman ?
Just an observation, he looks like Cindy Lou Who's father from The Grinch...
What a peculiarly effete accent and manner
"I rather think" "I must say".
He had a very formal way of talking. Quite different to the chumsy, but still effete Bliar.
John Major makes the Ewoks look like Shaft
Oh a leader I see please dear Sir John Major commit yourself with your elegant diplomacy to call other world leaders and help prevent world war three! You are a man of the world and a man of the people don't let anything stop you now that we need you !You always have meant so much to me and to the United Kingdom across the ocean the beautiful sea. Oh life and living candy be costly but may I remind you're a financial genius a former exchequer ! We need you yes you the man now with your wisdom and wealth of knowledge you'll solve the world's problems somehow my deepest wish is that you would stand for election no insult to Rishi Sunak and Great Britain's selection .You still look strong and very handsome at nearly 80 say hello to Dame Norma and please tell were all waiting !
Candy should read can.
From Lara V. Grenfell across the Atlantic Ocean and the United States in California ,National city! Don't you remember me ? I visited your home in the early 90s by invitation I was a perfect guest always awake by 7.i loved England and I still do remember I worked at Harrods and other shops for free and for the British economy and for you ! I loved seeing the houses of Parliament weren't you surprised when the house of Lords welcomed me in without appointment I know now you must remember me did you like the movie A Fish called Wanda John Cleese reminds me of YOU or he once did well I must be going always much work to due I'm growing so sentimental sentimental for you ! I'll watch you on c- Span and enjoy your spoken voice you're my favourite Prime Minister aside from in your century Churchill and Eden and Edward Heath by popular choice ! Oh I can't get enough enough of England please for me say hello and my warmest greetings to King Charles I must be dreaming !Sincerely , Lara V. Grenfell of National City !
3:21 yes male tory MP's at that time knew all about girdles.
Urquhart yes Urquhart bring him back please a smack of firm government he does not tease !
In the enternatinol stage are we to over look john major and never question him breznev or Ted nugent
By 1997. "Former Prime Minister and Leader."
I only found out about his existence last week. Did he do really do anything?
He was Prime Minister was nearly seven years. He along with the Irish Prime Minister forced the IRA into their first ceasefire in 1994. That was a good thing.
Which one is better? Major or May?
Major, because he at least won a general election.
As bad as each other...
@@johnking5174 May is hobbled by the fact in 2017 there were around 1 million fewer white British voters than in 1992, and around 3 times as many non-white voters. If demographics were as they were in 1992, May would have got 46% of the vote, and Corbyn 38%, instead of the bare 1% seperating them.
Like elections in the US, British elections are becoming little more than a racial head count. Fully 25% of labours 2017 vote came from non-white groups. Tories, virtually all white. Either tories appeal to non-whites, or else they unify the white vote like Trump....its hard to see how else they can win outright given the future voter demographics of the UK.
May got more votes than any candidate since Major, and Major only managed such a high vote because turnout was unusually high. I don't like May, but to compare her electoral task with that of Majors...its apples and oranges. Tories were still relevant in London in 1992. Back then, inner London was 70% white, outer 90% white. Now both are minority white. It will never be tory again.
Major Although A Lightweight Compared Too Thatcher Comes Way Before Camoron And Tena Lady May.
Isn't that rather like asking me which leg I'd like to have amputated?
Major totally lost it on proportional representation, Belgium has problems, yes..because Belgium is especially divided along language, ethnic and ultimatelty political lines. And FPTP wouldnt help them, it would likely deepen division over there. Germany, France, which are also fairly big countries similar to UK dont seem to have quite the same problems as Belgium, not to mention how hard it is to actually form and maintain a strong government in FPTP when a coalition is needed in a hung parliament.
France uses a significantly less proportional system than first past the post in their two round system and Germany is having problems with the populist right and left forcing every government to be of the declining centre and we saw how that ends in Italy.
if mr major wants to put putin on trial, we will first need to try 1. blair, 2. those who let blair off, 3. those who knighted blair.
Butthurt Russian in disguise? Lovely to see Ukraine standing up to you. End the war in Ukraine first, give back what you've stolen which unarguably belongs to Ukraine - and then go after Blair and his cronies. It's that simple.
Major flaw
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).
Nobody new is getting rich in the UK whatever the Conservatives talk about!
john major, like all tories, makes a lot of promises but ends up doing the only thing tories do best: raise taxes and go to war
Ever heard of Tony Blair? Wasn't he Labour? He went to war more than any politician in recent British political history.
johns hair looks fake
A Titan. Probably the best Tory Prime minister in the last 70 years. A man of dignity integrity class principle and intellect . A decent human being.