Interviewer: (After getting whiskey, whiskey, gin, nothing, because I had already drank before, and brandy) So, what did you drink during your speech? Lawson: White wine spritzer. Interviewer: No, really, what did you drink during your speech?
I've often thought of Ken as one of the best PM's we never had. Oddly he had plenty on enemies in the Tory party, which stopped him becoming leader, but was largely popular amongst the electorate.
"More than a thousand billion dollars cross the exchanges every day, almost entirely for speculative purposes." 40:40 - I've long thought that international finance was essentially gambling on a grander scale and it's amazing to have Michael Cockerell confirm that suspicion.
Churchill first offered Chamberlain the Treasury, who opted for Lord President in order to appease Labour hostility. Churchill wrote otherwise in order to appease the public. Chamberlain put tax on tea in order to rearm successfully. Churchill was so grateful to him he offered him blood, sweat and tears.
Can anybody find a copy of this video without the damage on it? It is a very good video but it is unwatchable and its current form though I guess 65 people of made it through
Off the back of Lamont getting out of the ERM. Ken Clarke represents the elite, not the people. He sorted the Economy for him and his rich friends only
Jim Callaghan is just like his daughter - aggressive and nasty if they are crossed, and with a belief that they should be able to do whatever they like.
Eh, not true. Jim never had a reputation for being a thug. He’s probably the most highly esteemed of the ‘45 folk. He was also always kind and respectful to staff at parliament.
@@manaih5652 Ask Michael Cockerell, who had a phone call from Callaghan after Michael made an unflattering programme about Callaghan's government, and the phone call had verbal abuse from Callaghan to Michael.
