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How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« on: June 22, 2020, 09:57:15 AM »
Utterly trivial question, but the "You know you are getting old when..." thread put me in mind of it.
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Attlee (just), Churchill, Eden, MacMillan (the first whose name and job I knew at the time), Sir Alice Doubtless-Whom (as 'Private Eye' once called him), Lord Loinwash ('PE' again), Grocer Heath, Lord Loinwash again, Jolly Jim Callaghan, TBW, Major, Tory Blur, Brown, Cameron, May, and Supertwat.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2020, 10:31:52 AM »
Wilson(1)
Heath
Wilson(2,3)
Callaghan
Thatcher(1,2,3)
Major(1,2)
Blair(1,2,3)
Brown
Cameron(1,2)
May(1,2)
Johnson(1,2)

Edited: Johnson's on his second term too.

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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2020, 10:36:39 AM »
Jeremy's list with added Douglas-Home
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2020, 10:41:10 AM »
Jeremy reminded me that May, despite the shortness of her total premiership, actually had two terms, thanks to her foolish calling of an election.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2020, 10:42:47 AM »
Jeremy's list plus Douglas-Home, Harold Macmillan, Anthony Eden, Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee. 
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2020, 10:53:34 AM »
Born during Macmillan'ss era, but the first PM I remember from telly is Wilson.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2020, 11:27:48 AM »
From Harold Wilson onwards.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2020, 11:36:25 AM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on June 22, 2020, 11:27:48 AM
From Harold Wilson onwards.
Before or after Heath?
NB non-Britons: feel free to do your own elected heads of state or government.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2020, 11:47:00 AM »
From Churchill(war years) onward.  Started taking an interest during the Suez debacle, really took an interest during the Wilson/Heath years. Gave up taking an interest after the Blair years.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2020, 12:33:36 PM »
Steve's list plus Churchill.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2020, 01:01:03 PM »
Quote from: Constable Dogberry on June 22, 2020, 11:36:25 AM
Before or after Heath?
NB non-Britons: feel free to do your own elected heads of state or government.

After Heath.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2020, 04:04:53 PM »
Born in Wilson's 2nd term, but I don't recall him or Callaghan.  Thatcher's the first one I remember.  I should have been able to vote in the '92 election (by about four days) but registration issue meant my first vote was in '97.

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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2020, 08:00:45 PM »
13 including one who was PM twice and the current one.
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2020, 10:46:22 PM »
Quote from: Robbie on June 22, 2020, 08:00:45 PM
13 including one who was PM twice and the current one.
Prime Ministers, or premierships? In other words, are you counting Wislon once, or twice?
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2020, 08:32:50 AM »
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Prime Ministers & counting Wilson twice. Harold MacMillan to Boris Johnson.

Premierships 1992-2019 (called something else in 1960 and was Burnley) - Man Utd - Man City  ;).
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Re: How many Prime Minsters have you lived through?
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2020, 07:39:20 PM »
MacMillan
Douglas Home
Wilson
Heath
Wilson
Callaghan
Thatcher
Major
Blair
Brown
Cameron
May
Pitt the Elder
Pitt the Younger
The Human Cess Pitt since 2019.
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