Who Was The Greatest British Conservative Politician?

This-England · 05-01-2007, 10:51 AM

Who Was The Greatest British Conservative Politician?
If other please state.

Britannist · 06-01-2007, 02:40 AM

If anyone's thinking of voting for Enoch Powell I just thought that I would warn people that he was anti-nuclear defence.

He loses credibility because of that in my view. This country must always have its own nuclear weapons.

But, of course, Mr. Powell was 100% right on the EEC/EU issue.

mkpdavies · 06-01-2007, 01:02 PM

Gladstone. He had his faults, but in the long run he kicked ****.

Independent UKIP · 06-01-2007, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Gladstone. He had his faults, but in the long run he kicked a***.

You might be thinking of him as a conservative rather than a Conservative but he was always a Liberal Party man. And, of course, Joseph Chamberlain & Winston Churchill were also Liberals for part of their political careers.

Britannist · 06-01-2007, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Independent UKIP

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Gladstone. He had his faults, but in the long run he kicked a***.

You might be thinking of him as a conservative rather than a Conservative but he was always a Liberal Party man. And, of course, Joseph Chamberlain & Winston Churchill were also Liberals for part of their political careers.

Thank goodness Winston Churchill saw sense to ditch the bunch of wasters that the Liberals were.

The latest version of the liberals known as "the Liberal Democrats" are even more useless than the old liberal party was.

leecamowol · 08-01-2007, 06:34 PM

I went for Thatcher but I was drawn to Disraeli also ... reading his biography at the mo.

ENGLISH UNIONIST · 09-04-2007, 01:08 PM

The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury followed by Enoch Powell and Norman Tebbit.

noachian · 21-10-2007, 06:44 PM

Churchill!! However The Duke of Wellington was pretty good too.

Westcountryman · 22-10-2007, 12:43 AM

Churchill, Thatcher, 3rd Marquess of Salisbuury and Tebbit.

Akria · 22-10-2007, 01:27 AM

About the only good thing Wellesley did as PM was help bring in the Catholic Emancipation Act, almost bringing back equal rights for Catholics.
Other than that he was *too* conservative. A brilliant military leader; absolutely stupendous. Just not a very good politician.

View Poll Results: Who Was The Greatest British Conservative Politician?
Duke of Wellington	3	3.70%
Lord Salisbury	4	4.94%
Benjamin Disraeli	4	4.94%
Joseph Chamberlain	4	4.94%
Winston Churchill	21	25.93%
Margerat Thatcher	21	25.93%
Enoch Powell	17	20.99%
Other	7	8.64%
Voters: 81. You may not vote on this poll

05-01-2007, 10:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
This-England Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,682	Who Was The Greatest British Conservative Politician? Who Was The Greatest British Conservative Politician? If other please state.

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Enoch Powell - good views and not so good views he held If anyone's thinking of voting for Enoch Powell I just thought that I would warn people that he was anti-nuclear defence. He loses credibility because of that in my view. This country must always have its own nuclear weapons. But, of course, Mr. Powell was 100% right on the EEC/EU issue.

06-01-2007, 01:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,604	Gladstone. He had his faults, but in the long run he kicked ****. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

21-10-2007, 06:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
noachian Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The County of Cumbria, The Kingdom of England, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland Posts: 156 Party: UKIP	Churchill!! However The Duke of Wellington was pretty good too. __________________ Consummerism will make corpses of us all!! "A Monarchy which above all, values the Liberty of the subject." Marcus Aurelius on perfect society. "Control thy passions, lest they take vengeance on thee." - Epictetus.

08-01-2007, 06:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
leecamowol Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lichfield Posts: 43	I went for Thatcher but I was drawn to Disraeli also ... reading his biography at the mo.

09-04-2007, 01:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
ENGLISH UNIONIST Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom Posts: 120 Party: UKIP	The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury followed by Enoch Powell and Norman Tebbit.

22-10-2007, 12:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
Westcountryman Uber Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Westcountry. Posts: 5,922 Party: None	Churchill, Thatcher, 3rd Marquess of Salisbuury and Tebbit. __________________ Manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietam - "This hand of mine, which is hostile to tyrants, seeks by the sword quiet peace under liberty."

22-10-2007, 01:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
Akria Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Grimsby, NELincs Posts: 2,405 Party: None	About the only good thing Wellesley did as PM was help bring in the Catholic Emancipation Act, almost bringing back equal rights for Catholics. Other than that he was too conservative. A brilliant military leader; absolutely stupendous. Just not a very good politician. __________________ http://real-democracy.co.uk \| Admin and proud The commonality of mankind: If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?

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