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John Major

Type: Person

Name: John Major

Title: Former Prime Minister

Organization: United Kingdom

Date of Birth: 29/03/1943

Place of Birth: St. Helier, Carshalton, Surrey

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Biography for John Major

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 2 reports

The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

Marriage Equality On The Brink In Britain

David Cameron’s inability to control his party must not be allowed to wreck the Equal Marriage Bill. Labour’s commitment unwavering.— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) May 20, 2013The British prime minister, David Cameron, is beginning, alas, to resemble the ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - 15 hours ago]

Entities: The Labour Party (United Kingdom), Marriage Equality USA, Tim Loughton

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

David Cameron

Senior Tories to warn No 10 of declining confidence in David Cameron

Prime minister is called 'worse than John Major' by senior figure who says he could be out before election Downing Street is to be warned by senior Tories that a sea change is under way in the parliamentary party as growing numbers of MPs decide that ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 11 hours ago]

Entities: David Cameron, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), John Major, Graham Brady

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

European Union

Has Britain's pro-EU fight back started?

In recent days a few pro-European voices have raised their heads above the parapets to take part in Britain's debate about its future inside or outside the EU – but it is still the Conservative Party's internal disputes that dominate the discussion, writes ... [Published Public Service Europe - 18 hours ago]

Entities: United Kingdom, European Union, David Cameron, Referendum

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

Quote For The Day II

“This is worse than John Major. There was quite a lot of sympathy for him because of the Maastricht rebels. He also listened, though he probably listened too much. With Cameron it feels like this could be terminal – and will be so before the election,” ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - 8 hours ago]

Entities: John Major, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Elections

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

John Major

Rod’s not just Number One – he’s a lesson in getting your groove back

It was the Roman poet Horace who said that time flies, but he didn’t mention anything about it telescoping. I find the only way I now can keep track of world events is to assume that everything prior to this year happened roughly five years ago. Bucks ... [Published The Independent - 12 hours ago]

Entities: John Major, London Olympics 2012

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford greatest hits: The politician who makes London Mayor Boris look like John Major in...

Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, is so ridiculous that even London’s zip-wiring, pond-falling, wiff-waffing Mayor Boris Johnson looks like John Major in comparison.The latest scandal to hit Ford is an alleged video of him smoking crack cocaine that’s been ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 13 hours ago]

Entities: John Major, Mayor Rob Ford, Mayor of London, Toronto, Rob Ford

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

David Cameron stinks of defeat

The PM’s stuck in the last-chance saloon, unable even to buy a drinkDavid Cameron's fundamental problem is the stench of a loser.The Prime Minister stinks of defeat, a weak Conservative leader on skid row.The overpowering smell of failure, incompetence ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: David Cameron, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Gay, Incompetence, Norman Lamont

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Editorial: Another week, another bout of Conservative Party in-fighting

David Cameron was in a tricky enough spot last week, forced to pretend it was, if not desirable, then at least acceptable that more than 100 obstreperous backbenchers voted their “regret” at his Government’s legislative programme. Between the high-profile ... [Published The Independent - May 19 2013]

Entities: Michael Portillo, Philip Hammond (Politician), John Major, Michael Gove

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

I Want to Slap David Cameron

So David Cameron is the new John Major, is he? The Tory party is once again an electoral basket case, is it? Well, I remember the Major government – perhaps rather better than a lot of the youngsters now making slap-dash comparisons between then and now. ... [Published RealClearWorld - May 19 2013]

Entities: David Cameron, John Major, Sex Scandal

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 5 reports

Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party

With two years until the next election, the Tory party has reopened old divisions over Europe which helped destroy Margaret Thatcher and John Major ... [Published FT.com - Brussels - May 19 2013]

Entities: John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Elections

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party

With two years until the next election, the Tory party has reopened old divisions over Europe which helped destroy Margaret Thatcher and John Major ... [Published Financial Times - Asia homepage - May 19 2013]

Entities: John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Elections

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party

With two years until the next election, the Tory party has reopened old divisions over Europe which helped destroy Margaret Thatcher and John Major ... [Published FT.com - UK News - May 19 2013]

Entities: John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Elections

Quotes

Gary Streeter, a former a parliamentary aide to John Major, said it was "time for colleagues to stop running around like headless chickens and get behind the prime minister" after a week of difficult headlines about the party's old divisions over Europe

Tories call for end to EU rows [Published This is Cornwall - May 20 2013]

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Quote For The Day II [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 8 hours ago]
Senior Tories to warn No 10 of declining confid... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 11 hours ago]
Rod’s not just Number One – he’s a lesson in ge... [Published The Independent - 12 hours ago]
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford greatest hits: The polit... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 13 hours ago]
Marriage Equality On The Brink In Britain [Published Atlantic Monthly - 15 hours ago]
Marriage Equality On The Brink In Britain [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 15 hours ago]
Has Britain's pro-EU fight back started? [Published Public Service Europe - 18 hours ago]
David Cameron’s European Car-crash [Published Avrupa Times - 18 hours ago]
Our love-hate relationship with gnomes [Published BBC - 19 hours ago]
Peter Kellner Voters back same-sex marriage [Published YouGov - 20 hours ago]
Loveless marriage of Cameron and the Tories hit... [Published The Week UK - 20 hours ago]
Tories call for end to EU rows [Published This is Cornwall - May 20 2013]
Lord Reay [Published Herald Scotland - May 20 2013]
Why has Cameron turned against his own supporters? [Published Daily Express - May 20 2013]
David Cameron stinks of defeat [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 20 2013]
Cameron had the chance to defy the 'swivel-eyed... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 19 2013]
Jack Butler: Gove and Hammond's Comments Highl... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 19 2013]
Editorial: Another week, another bout of Conser... [Published The Independent - May 19 2013]
Sunday newspaper round-up: LSE, Severn Trent, R... [Published London South East - May 19 2013]
I Want to Slap David Cameron [Published RealClearWorld - May 19 2013]
Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party [Published FT.com - UK News - May 19 2013]
Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party [Published Financial Times - Asia homepage - May 19 2013]
Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party [Published FT.com - Brussels - May 19 2013]
Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party [Published FT.com - World, Europe - May 19 2013]
Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party [Published Financial Times - Europe homepage - May 19 2013]
Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party [Published Financial Times - US homepage - May 19 2013]
Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party [Published Financial Times - UK Homepage - May 19 2013]
Eurosceptics running protection racket in Tory ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 19 2013]
ConservativeHome Diary Week 6: Who Are The Harl... [Published Iain Dale's Diary - May 19 2013]
When the going gets tough the Tories run away [Published Bedfordshire on Sunday - May 19 2013]

Blogs

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Quote For The Day II [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 8 hours ago] “This is worse than John Major. There was quite a lot of sympathy for him because of the Maastricht rebels. He also listened, though he probably listened too much. With Cameron it feels like this could be terminal – and will be so before the election,” ...
Marriage Equality On The Brink In Britain [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 15 hours ago] David Cameron’s inability to control his party must not be allowed to wreck the Equal Marriage Bill. Labour’s commitment unwavering. — Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) May 20, 2013 The British prime minister, David Cameron, is beginning, alas, to resemble ...
ConservativeHome Diary Week 6: Who Are The Harl... [Published Iain Dale's Diary - May 19 2013] Back in 2009 I published Nigel Farage’s autobiography. Not a single bookshop chain would stock it. Booksellers have always been of a leftish persuasion and they proved impossible to shift. In late 2011 we published an updated version, called Flying ...
Yet another pollster has LAB dropping to the mi... [Published politicalbetting.com - May 18 2013] And ComRes online has Ukip up to a record 19% for any firm ComRes leader ratings see Dave drop to new low & EdM to new high Amongst other questions If a party wants my support at the next general election, it is important to me that they offer a referendum ...
Exit Europe from the left \| Bob Crow [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013] Most Britons dislike the European Union. If trade unions don't articulate their concerns, the hard right will For years the electorate has overwhelmingly opposed Britain's membership of the European Union – particularly those who work for a living. ...

Audio/Video

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AUDIO: Parliament women 'treated as sex-objects' [Published BBC News Video - Politics - Feb 28 2013]
VIDEO: Why John Major adviser hid under a table [Published BBC News Video - Politics - Nov 23 2012]