Which Prime Minister in the history of England, do you consider to be a man you'd put your trust in ?

Question

And why?

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you don't put your trust in any
Prime minister

Answer 1

Sir Winston Churchill. He led the country effectively through the greatest war the world has ever known, and he had a sharp wit to boot.

Also he was voted greatest-ever Briton in a 2002 BBC poll.

Answer 2

The majority of votes seem to be for Winston and Maggie, I'm not going to even discuss Maggie, she was a puppet rather in the same line as the Bush-Baby now. Dennis was never the old toper they wanted us all to think.

Winston...........hmmmm, Winston. This is probably going to make me very unpopular, but Winnie was jockeying for a major war in which to 'Save the Nation' since WW I. He was right about a lot of stuff, and probably was the right 'man for the moment' after all the eejits ( including him ) had let Hitler get away with so much, but...........he was an old war-monger of the first water.

Now, if you go right back in history the last principal minister who had any integrity whatsoever, and ended up losing his head over it, was Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Chancellor of England. This position was, under Henry VIII, the close approximation of our modern day 'Prime Minister', and More was the best of the bunch.

A wonderful film, starring Paul Scholfield as More, is a must see for anyone with an interest in British history, is 'A Man for all Seasons', an absolute classic.

The results of what More tried to resist was the formation of the Church of England, and the split with Rome, you may judge for yourselves what that brought to the English people.

Answer 3

Harold Wilson, because he refused to join the US in Vietnam. And also started the Open University, he was a good old labour believer in Welfare. Give him a question and he would puff on his pipe for a moment then give an honest answer. All round good guy.

William Pitt the elder was a good guy to, won the Seven years war for Britain, though left us in a lot of debt. He was trust worthy.

As for Margret Thather, she was not trustworthy. Ok so she defended the Falklands, that was a good thing. but she also closed the mines and destroyed our industry. Frankly she did a lot more harm than good, and thus made it a lot more difficult for us women to become prime minister.

Answer 4

From an Irish point of view i'd pick Gladstone, he tried every thing he could to help Ireland and put right a lot wrongs done here in the name of England ! He disestablished the Church of Ireland which meant that Catholic farmers no longer had to pay tithes to the Church. He also pushed through the first Irish Land Act. This meant that any farmer who had been evicted but had done improvements to his land, was entitled to compensation. He also pushed hard for home rule and the right for Ireland to govern her self , if he had succeeded maybe we could have avoided another century of mindless killing

Answer 5

Winston Churchill.

for me he epitomizes the Grit of the Brit - intelligent, outspoken, compassionate, articulate, unwavering - and intellectual, yet also an everyman. he wasn't perfect and battled (well-documented) depression. He guided Britain (and the world) through its "darkest hour"

other British PMs of note just don't compare:

Chamberlain = spineless, let the Nazi roll over Czechoslavakia and Poland

Thatcher = the dragon lady, no heart

Blair = a spineless sycophant in the Yank's pocket

Answer 6

Benjamin Disraeli

Answer 7

Margaret Thatcher - for going to war half way across the world to save 8 square miles of nothing! Now that's commitment.

Answer 8

Well for one I'd never put my trust in anyone who wants power that much, and to those who vote for Maggie, the question DOES specify a MAN; A good PM to many fu***its, but short in the cojones department.

Answer 9

I have not heard of or seen a politician in the highest office that i believe that I could put my trust in...


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Answer 10

John Major was about the most trustworthy PM we ever had. Okay, so he was portrayed as gray in Spitting Image and people said he looked like your bank manager.