John Major in The Times

[ratewhore]

Don't know what he's got to complain about. The impending deflationary period will bring down the price of peas...

[Bob Dalek]

The seemed awfully quiet in opposition to me. Except when they gave Blair a great big standing ovation that is.

What could they do? "Hey, Brown, put the brakes on private borrowing; cool the housing market." NO CHANCE! The whole "I'll be a millionaire, like Dim Prawn!" fantasy had ripped through the entire country... even Northern Ireland!!! They'd have looked crap, and "We Told You So" wouldn't have made the voters feel better about themselves.

I think.

What are you asking me for?

[TheFaQQer]

There may have been a large dollop of sexual shenanigans going on under the Major Government and this contrasted with the 'Back to Basics' policy that he tried to launch.

And a certain amount of corruption, e.g. taking cash from dodgy shopkeepers to ask questions; taking bribes from the Saudis in return for arms deals, which contrasted with the law.

[Bob Dalek]

And a certain amount of corruption, e.g. taking cash from dodgy shopkeepers to ask questions; taking bribes from the Saudis in return for arms deals, which contrasted with the law.

Small beer.

[TheFaQQer]

Small beer.

Tell that to Johnathan Aitken.

[Bob Dalek]

Tell that to Johnathan Aitken.

He's teetotal, so I don't think it'd be polite to do so.