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Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British retired politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. Following his defeat to Tony Blair's Labour Party in the 1997 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition, serving in this role from May to June 1997.
John Major had been known to have a life long love of cricket. [1] After losing the 1997 United Kingdom general election, he went to the Oval for an afternoon of cricket. [2] Major would become the President of Surrey County Cricket Club from 2000 to 2001 (and Honorary Life Vice-president since 2002).
Back to Basics was a political campaign announced by British Prime Minister John Major at the Conservative Party conference of 1993 in Blackpool.. Though it was intended as a nostalgic appeal to traditional values such as "neighbourliness, decency, courtesy", the campaign was widely interpreted in the media as a campaign for socially conservative causes such as the traditional family.
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June 1929, who died shortly after birth), Pat Major-Ball (later Dessoy) (b. 1930), Terry Major-Ball (b. July 1932), and John Major (b. 29 March 1943). [20] [22] The ornaments business prospered and the family achieved a reasonable middle-class standard of living, described by John Major as being "comfortable but not well off."
Obviously, The Crown is a work of fiction based in fact, but one particular scene has caused all kinds of drama: Prince Charles’s secret meeting with prime minister John Major.
John Major's parents, Gwen and Tom Major, had both worked in music halls before John had been born. [1] Tom was, among other acts, a singer, acrobat and baton twirler. He had married, and formed a double act with, fellow performer Kitty Grant, [a] until she was killed by falling theater equipment. He later married Gwen Coates, a music hall ...
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