John Major followed Thatcher. When the Iron Lady was turfed out by the Tories, Major became leader of the party and served as PM from 1990 to 1997.
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > when was the last Tory government? Was it Thatcher? baby and bathwater > come to mind. Maybe not though, not paying close enough attention to > have a considered opinion. > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A Tory government with the Lib-ems holding the balance of power. >> Unless Cameron does some major compromising I won't give this >> government a week beyond their tabling their first budget. >> >> What the Liberal Democrats have been demanding, proportional >> representation etc the Tories are strongly against. Its an agreement >> of convenience is all. The first opportunity I expect the knives to >> come out. >> >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> A Coalition government made up of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats >>> has ascended to power in Britain. >>> David Cameron of the Conservative party is the Prime Minister and Clegg will >>> be offered as many as 5 Cabinet posts. >>> >>> David Cameron had this to say in his Acceptance speech: >>> >>> "In terms of the future, our country where no party has an overall majority >>> and we have some deep and pressing problems - a huge deficit, deep social >>> problems, a political system in need of reform. For those reasons, I aim to >>> form a proper and full coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal >>> Democrats. I believe that is the right way to provide this country with the >>> strong, the stable, the good and decent government that I think we need so >>> badly. >>> >>> Nick Clegg and I are both political leaders who want to put aside party >>> differences and work hard for the common good and for the national interest. >>> I believe that is the best way to get the strong government that we need, >>> decisive Government that we need today. >>> >>> I came into politics because I love this country, I think its best days >>> still lie ahead and I believe deeply in public service, and I think the >>> service our country needs right now is to face up to our really big >>> challenges, to confront our problems, to take difficult decisions, to lead >>> people through those difficult decisions so that together we can reach >>> better times ahead." >>> >>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/11/general-election-2010-live-blog >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318082 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
