John Major’s political legacy

John Major’s political legacy

The author explains why, in his view, John Major has not received a fair hearing from historians. The party had been in office too long and for much of the 1990s was more interested in fighting internal battles than in looking outwards to the country. While accepting that most Prime Ministers fail t...

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Auteur principal: Kavanagh, Dennis
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Observatoire de la société britannique 2011
Sujets:
legacy
achievement
failure
Majorism
Major (John)
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:osb_717 https://doi.org/10.4000/osb.717 urn:doi:10.4000/osb.717 en https://journals.openedition.org/osb/717 2011-02-21T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/iry5 All rights reserved John Major’s political legacy Observatoire de la société britannique Université de Toulon info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1775-4135 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1957-3383 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/osb Kavanagh, Dennis legacy achievement failure Majorism Major (John) The author explains why, in his view, John Major has not received a fair hearing from historians. The party had been in office too long and for much of the 1990s was more interested in fighting internal battles than in looking outwards to the country. While accepting that most Prime Ministers fail to leave a positive legacy the author analyses the achievements and failures of Major’s premiership, and emphasises its success in consolidating much of the Thatcher agenda and establishing common ground with Labour after 1997.
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topic legacy
achievement
failure
Majorism
Major (John)
spellingShingle legacy
achievement
failure
Majorism
Major (John)
Kavanagh, Dennis
John Major’s political legacy
description The author explains why, in his view, John Major has not received a fair hearing from historians. The party had been in office too long and for much of the 1990s was more interested in fighting internal battles than in looking outwards to the country. While accepting that most Prime Ministers fail to leave a positive legacy the author analyses the achievements and failures of Major’s premiership, and emphasises its success in consolidating much of the Thatcher agenda and establishing common ground with Labour after 1997.
author Kavanagh, Dennis
author_facet Kavanagh, Dennis
author_sort Kavanagh, Dennis
title John Major’s political legacy
title_short John Major’s political legacy
title_full John Major’s political legacy
title_fullStr John Major’s political legacy
title_full_unstemmed John Major’s political legacy
title_sort john major’s political legacy
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publishDate 2011
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