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minionofmidas
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« on: August 07, 2006, 02:37:22 PM »

1965: Edward Heath over Enoch Powell. Who be Maudling?

1975 : I'm only aware of who Thatcher, Edward Heath, William Whitelaw and Geoffrey Howe are, and am not sure in what order I would prefer them except that Thatcher goes last.

1989: Anthony Meyer

1990: Preferences: 4.Margaret Thatcher, 1.Michael Heseltine, 3. just for getting Maggie's support (of course only Heseltine actually stood against her) John Major, 2.Douglas Hurd

1995: John Major over John Redwood

1997: 1.Kenneth Clarke, 2.William Hague, no idea how to order those other abominations.

2001: 2.Michael Portillo, 4.Iain Duncan Smith, 1.Kenneth Clarke, 5.Michael Ancram, 3.David Davis - as all of these, this is assuming - absurdly - that I also want the Tories in government. Preferences from third are therefore based on chances of electoral victory.

2005: David Davis, David Cameron, Liam Fox, 1.Kenneth Clarke. I forget where Fox stood, so can't order him in; and Cameron scares me but might still might conceivably end up above Davis.


Labour Party:

1955: Aneurin Bevan

1960: Harold Wilson

1961: Hugh Gaitskell, Anthony Greenwood. Who was Greenwood?

1963: (of these two:) 1.Harold Wilson 2.James Callaghan. Not aware who Brown is.

1976: 2. (but see 1.) Michael Foot, 4.James Callaghan, 3.Roy Jenkins, 1. Grin (probably not if I cared for winning elections - but then Labour wouldn't, soon enough) Tony Benn, 5.Denis Healey
Anthony Crosland left unsorted because I forget where he belongs.

1980:Michael Foot over Denis Healey. Who are the other guys?

1983: 1.Neil Kinnock over Roy Hattersley. I have heard the *name* Heffer, but that's it.

1988: Tony Benn over Neil Kinnock. His defeat was assured anyways - this vote might be different otherwise.

1992: Bryan Gould just because noone else would. Cheesy

1994: 3.Tony Blair, 1.John Prescott, 2.Margaret Beckett 
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2006, 03:25:53 PM »

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Hast thee not heard of George "tired and emotional" Brown?
Yes... sort of. It's such a generic name, it`s hard to remember it. Tongue
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2006, 06:19:58 AM »

And here is walking out of Kinnocks infamous conference speech


That's it. That's what I was remembering the name from!
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