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Worst Britons
Tue, 27 Dec 2005 06:14:15 -0700
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Stephen Stillwell / Tom Wilding...
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A group of historians for chose the worst Briton for each of the last ten
centuries for BBC - Here is the list:
David Boothroyd...
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No it's not. It's also the consensus opinion of the people of Britain.
David Boothroyd...
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As you're not a Briton, I don't think you should have any influence on
how Britain is governed. I don't go round telling people how your
country should be run.
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David Boothroyd...
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All the things which the Ll-G, Bonar Law and Baldwin governments
actually did wrong, without the few good bits done by Ll-G.
David Boothroyd...
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The economic chaos coming out of the Great war, the failure to provide
the kind of services demanded by the returning soldiers, and then the
chaotic reduction of government expenditure inspired by a politically
motivated campaign against "waste". But principally for the mistakes
of Foreign policy in which the US was allowed to opt out, highly
unfavourable terms for repayment of the US debt were agreed, and the
Versailles peace conference set up a completely unstable situation in
David Boothroyd...
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He did make a start: the National Health Insurance Act and the
Unemployment Insurance Act were the foundations of a reasonable
approach to supporting society. There were also some minor changes
to public sector housebuilding which helped out.
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Europe.
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20th c - Oswald Mosley
19th c - Jack the Ripper
18th c - Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
17th c - Titus Oates
16th c - Sir Richard Rich
15th c - Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
14th c - Hugh Despenser the Younger
13th c - John
12th c - Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
11th c - Eadric Streona
Interesting list. Connexions to ATR all over the place.
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