What's John Major doing these days?

Answer 1

Since leaving office Major has, unlike Margaret Thatcher, tended to take a low profile and has stayed out of front-line politics, contributing only occasionally from the back benches and indulging his love of cricket as president of Surrey County Cricket Club.
Major at Newlands Cricket Ground January 2000In March 2001, he gave the tribute to Sir Colin Cowdrey at his memorial service in Westminster Abbey. In 2005, he was elected to the Committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), historically the governing body of the sport, and still guardian of the laws of the game.
Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, Major was appointed a special guardian to Princes William and Harry, with responsibility for legal and administrative matters.
He has been a member of Carlyle Group's European Advisory Board since 1998 and was appointed Chairman of Carlyle Europe in May 2001, standing down in August 2004. He stood down from Parliament at the 2001 general election and has so far declined the customary life peerage and seat in the House of Lords that is given to former Prime Ministers. He was knighted in 2005. He has played a very limited role in Conservative Party politics since 1997, although he did support the unsuccessful campaign of his former Chancellor, Kenneth Clarke, for the party leadership in 2001, against strong Eurosceptic Iain Duncan Smith.
Major's recent low-profile political career was disrupted by the revelation in September 2002 that, prior to his promotion to the Cabinet, Major had had a four-year extramarital affair with a fellow MP, Edwina Currie. Commentators were quick to refer to Major's previous "Back to Basics" platform to throw charges of hypocrisy. Max Hastings in his book Editor in 2002 also commented on Sarah Hogg, a colleague at The Daily Telegraph, "Sarah knew Major intimately, in a way none of the rest of us did".
Major had previously fought a successful libel action against Scallywag Magazine, when he was wrongly accused of having an extramarital affair with Downing Street caterer Clare Latimer. Ms Latimer believes that Major was initially happy to let such rumours circulate, making less believable any reports of his affair with Edwina Currie.
Miss Latimer has claimed she was used as 'a decoy': "That man wrecked my life. I hope he’s aware of it. I find it staggering that he had had an affair and he watched me go through all that."
In February 2005, it was reported that Major and Norman Lamont were holding up the release of papers on Black Wednesday under the Freedom of Information Act.[citation needed] Major angrily denied doing so, saying that he had not heard of the request until the scheduled release date and had merely asked to look at the papers himself.
Major has followed a remunerative career as an after-dinner speaker where, according to The Observer he is alleged to earn £30,000 per engagement and delivers "knowledgeable insights into the global economy

Answer 2

Sir John Major left the House of Commons at the 2001 general election

think he was made a Knight of the Garter last year like Mrs Thatcher

he will be 65 in March 2008

Answer 3

I like John Major and chocolate cake!

Answer 4

Not doing Edwina Curry that's for sure! Oops! Too many great minds think alike... sorry.

Well yes okay then... let's hope he is doing more now than he did when he was The Grey Man of Politics. Can you imagine him and Edwina the mind boggles.

Answer 5

He sits in the House of Lords doesn't he? Probably does a lucrative market in after-dinner speaking and the like, much as his predeccesor Mrs T. Nice work if you can get it.

Answer 6

Think he's a backbench MP on the Conservative side of the house. But, as a former PM he gets a huge pension.

Answer 7

hiding from Edwina Currie

Answer 8

Don't know. Is he still "doing" Edwina Curry ?? Not sure where you'd go from there... Margaret Beckett perhaps !!!

Answer 9

He is usually seen at cricket matches although I have seen him on the back benches at PMQ's.

Answer 10

Watching as much cricket as he can