Greatest Ever 'Nearly' Prime Ministers...

This-England · 03-01-2007, 12:49 AM

Joe Chamberlain is the only choice in this category.
He wasn’t just the best Prime Minister we could ever have had but at his time in office and for 30 years after he was a world renown political colossus.

22ANDUK · 03-01-2007, 11:24 AM

Can I just re-iterate that the choice of politicians isn't just of those wanting to withdraw from EU, it's post-1945, and I was very close to including Powell in the list. I opted for Butler instead purely because he was a leader of a party.

Apparently a major reason for Tebbit not standing for leadership was he strain it would put on his wife, who was critically injured in the Bournemouth Hotel bombing.

View Poll Results: Greatest Ever 'Nearly' PMs
Tony Benn	1	5.26%
Michael Foot	2	10.53%
Michael Heseltine	0	0%
RAB Butler	0	0%
Paddy Ashdown	1	5.26%
Neil Kinnock	1	5.26%
Michael Howard	3	15.79%
Norman Tebbit	7	36.84%
William Hague	4	21.05%
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03-01-2007, 12:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
This-England Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,682	Joe Chamberlain is the only choice in this category. He wasn’t just the best Prime Minister we could ever have had but at his time in office and for 30 years after he was a world renown political colossus.

03-01-2007, 11:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
22ANDUK Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,438	Can I just re-iterate that the choice of politicians isn't just of those wanting to withdraw from EU, it's post-1945, and I was very close to including Powell in the list. I opted for Butler instead purely because he was a leader of a party. Apparently a major reason for Tebbit not standing for leadership was he strain it would put on his wife, who was critically injured in the Bournemouth Hotel bombing.