Who was the worse Prime Minister of England

Poll - Total Votes: 42

John Major

Tony Blair

Neville Chamberlain

Margaret Thatcher

David Cameron

James Callahan

Boris Johnson

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I am not going back any further than Neville Chamberlain.

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JasminD · 22-25, F

Way, way, way, way , way before my time, but I hear talk of what Margaret Thatcher did to the UK. Liz Truss, of course, she totally destroyed the UK quicker and with more effect than Hitler in WWII (So the tagline went), so she'd be up there.

The economic downfall of the UK, you can dome of that at her feet.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@JasminD Margaret Thatcher destroyed the social fabric of Britain.

JasminD · 22-25, F

@Gusman My grandmother has always said that she made the UK very 'me, me' orientated, not caring about others, and that if it wasn't for people like Bob Geldolf, and the whole 'Live Aid' thing, the UK would have been stuck like that.

Bob Geldolf brought back the humanity to the UK.

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@Gusman I think she promoted and celebrated selfish tendencies in tje British population hat had remained latent since the social consensus of the 1940s. One thing I would never forgive her for is Right to Buy, a scheme that destroyed our public rented housing stock and has condemned millions of children to temporary and uncertain accommodation.

But in terms of who is the [i]worst[/i] PM, nobody comes close to Truss and Johnson in terms of sheer personal incompetence.

helenS · 36-40, F

@Gusman Not sure if pre-Thatcher Britain was really "merry old England"?

JasminD · 22-25, F

@helenS possibly not, but she started a way of thinking that, sadly, is still going on. As I said in my piece, thank goodness for people like Bob Geldolf who brought a sense of global community/helping others in need that was needed in the 'greed is good' era.

ArtieKat · M

@JasminD [quote]but she started a way of thinking that, sadly, is still going on.[/quote]

I don't think she did start it - she was just part of the zeitgeist. After the 3-day weeks in the 1970s many many people were angry by the country being held to ransom by the Union chiefs who were, largely, hypocrites. During my Student days in the West End of London my department used to use a drinking club called "the Marie Lloyd Luncheon Club" near Broadcasting House. The bosses of the NUM, for example, were frequently to be seen in there in the middle of the afternoon, totally pissed.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@ArtieKat Not a great look. Arthur Scargill attempted to use Right to Buy legislation in 1993 to obtain ownership of the flat he rented in the Barbican (currently valued at £1.8 million). He was turned down as it was not even his primary residence. He was still living there in the 2010s when the NUM were paying his annual rent of £35,000

ArtieKat · M

@SunshineGirl There was one of the RMT or ASLEF bosses who tried something similar some years ago