This was later enacted under Labour Chancellor, The following day the paper ran with the equally infamous headline ', The Act famously defined rave music as any "wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.". [448][449][450] As a result, in May 1996 Major decided to withhold British cooperation on all EU-related matters until the beef situation had been resolved. By part I do not mean a walk-on part; I do not mean simply being a member. [199][198] Both John Major and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd supported Thatcher in the first round. Major was succeeded by William Hague as Leader of the Conservative Party in June 1997. After a review British Coal announced a raft of pit closures on 13 October 1992, which would result in the loss of 30,000 jobs. [344], Major sought to continue Thatcher's policy of privatising state-owned industries; he firmly ruled out schools and the National Health Service (NHS), focusing instead on rail, coal and postal services. Not if you were Edmund Burke. [462][463] The 'right-to-buy' legislation bought in under Thatcher was extended with the 'rent-to-mortgage' scheme, whereby council tenants could take a form of shared ownership of the property. [127][128] Major successfully concluded a second round of such spending reviews in July 1988. [949][950] Major Close, in Loughborough Junction near where John grew up, is also named for him; the street was to be called 'Sir John Major Close', however this long name breached council guidelines. The referendum rules, OK? [21][22][nb 4] With his parents distracted by their reduced circumstances, John Major's difficulties at Rutlish went unnoticed; acutely conscious of his straitened circumstances vis-à-vis the other pupils, Major was something of a loner and consistently under-performed (except in sports), coming to see the school as "a penance to be endured. [729][730][nb 26], The conflict dragged on throughout 1993 and 1994. [144][145] Discussions focused primarily on the future of Hong Kong, which Britain was scheduled to hand over to China in 1997. [115][116] He first attracted major national media attention in January 1987 over cold weather payments to the elderly, when Britain was in the depths of a severe winter. There are also various plaques commemorating facilities opened by John Major: at Brampton Memorial Centre, Brampton (opened 1988),[941] Hamerton Zoo Park, Hamerton (1990),[942] Cadbury World, Birmingham (1991),[943] a tree commemorating the restoration of the River Mill pub, Eaton Socon,[944] the gardens at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon (2009),[945] the North Terminal extension at Gatwick Airport (2011),[946] Huntingdonshire Football Association headquarters, Huntingdon (2015),[947] and Alconbury Weald cricket pitch (2019). [723] The US administration had been distracted by the election that year, though it became more involved following the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993. No, net worth is not the same as net income. Naturally, therefore, Major sought to develop as strong a relationship as possible with the leaders of France and Germany. We had after all just won an election in which Europe had hardly been mentioned save in the context of John Major’s diplomatic triumph at Maastricht. effectively giving the Northern Irish Unionists a veto on a united Ireland) and the inclusion of any non-violent party in peace talks (paving the way for Sinn Féin to enter talks if the IRA decommissioned its weapons). [319] However the decline in trade union influence over left-wing politics also had the knock-on effect of increasing support for Labour by making them appear more electable. [223], Amongst the first issues Major had to deal with upon taking office was replacing the deeply unpopular Poll Tax, a task he delegated to Michael Heseltine. [380][381][382] The rise in the number of single mothers was also touted as evidence of moral decay in society by many Conservatives, and the Child Support Agency was created to chase absentee fathers failing to financially contribute to their children's upbringing. Where was the narrative that would underpin our relationship with Europe? Perhaps we have arrived already at a day in the 21st century when a German finance minister will be able to decide the rate of VAT on French restaurant bills. [663][664] Despite the largely one-sided nature of the conflict, 47 British troops were killed, and enormous environmental damage was caused as retreating Iraqi forces set fire to Kuwait's oilfields. [688][689] The French vote in September passed – just – and Major thus attempted to ratify the treaty in Parliament. [440][441], In March 1996 Major had to deal with a serious public health scare following a scientific announcement of a possible link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, colloquially referred to as 'mad cow disease') and a form of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD), a serious and potentially fatal brain disease in humans. '[317][318] Critics of these reforms say that they have created a culture of low-pay, insecure working conditions and an unduly restrictive benefits system which has worsened inequality. [110][111] The large size of the DHSS granted Ministers a greater degree of responsibility than in other departments,[nb 7] with Major assisting with work on the Social Security Act 1986 and improving provision for disabled people. [764] President Clinton later apologised for his inaction during the genocide, though Major did not, and no mention of Rwanda is made in his memoirs. [788][789] Major went on to write a book about the history of cricket in 2007 (More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years)[790] and a book about music hall (My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall) in 2012. He had lost many of the friends with whom at Oxford he had studied the classic texts of western culture. [491] In 1990 Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke stated publicly that Britain had no "selfish strategic or economic interest" in Northern Ireland and would accept Irish unification, if the majority of people in Northern Ireland so wished it. News about John Major on Google. [41][42] Encouraged by fellow Conservative Derek Stone, he started giving speeches on a soap-box in Brixton Market. (It did not however feel like that at the time). [152][142], Major's last major summit as Foreign Secretary was the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malaysia. [37][36] John left the ornaments business the following year to care for his ill mother, though when she got better he was unable to find a new job and was unemployed for much of the latter half of 1962, a situation he says was "degrading. [939], There is a 'Heritage in Sutton' plaque on St Helier Hospital, where John Major was born in 1943,[940] and a plaque commemorating him in Lambeth Palace's Archbishop's Park, included as part of the Lambeth Millennium Pathway. "[820], Major has become an active after-dinner speaker, earning over £25,000 per engagement for his "insights and his own opinions" on politics and other matters according to his agency. But our welfare state was almost certainly less generous and expensive than that in our major competitor countries. "[483][nb 19], Upon taking office 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland had been raging for 20 years with no end in sight; despite the fact that the issue held little political gain in mainstream British politics, and the entrenched divisions between Nationalists and Unionists were viewed by many as being hopelessly intractable, Major made Northern Ireland "one of my highest priorities," stating that a similar level of violence would not be tolerated if it was occurring in England. [313] The National Economic Development Council and Wage Councils were also abolished under Major, further eroding union influence over economic policy making. [298], The UK's forced withdrawal from the ERM in September 1992 (see Black Wednesday below) was succeeded by a partial economic recovery, with a new policy of flexible exchange rates, allowing lower interest rates and devaluation, thereby increasing demand for UK goods in export markets. People can love you to bits in a meeting and shaft you when it later suits them. [63], Major met Norma Johnson at a Conservative party event in Brixton in April 1970, and the two became engaged shortly thereafter, marrying at St Matthew's Church in Brixton on 3 October 1970. [187], Opposition within the Conservative Party to Margaret Thatcher had been brewing for some time, focusing on what was seen as her brusque, imperious style and the Poll Tax, which was facing serious opposition across the country. Margaret Thatcher was probably led on by acolytes who told her that her principled stand against turning Europe into a federal state (not something that was ever likely to happen) was the reason why she lost office. Under President Saddam Hussein, Iraq had annexed oil-rich Kuwait in August 1990, and there were fears that he might seek to expand the conflict to Saudi Arabia or Israel. [591][592] Following his victory Major conducted a mini-reshuffle, replacing Redwood with William Hague as Welsh Secretary, promoting Michael Heseltine to Deputy Prime Minister, and moving Michael Portillo to Defence. A planned set of celebrations for the anniversary of D-Day were scaled back after aspects of them were criticised as being inappropriate,[411][412] however the commemorations as a whole were generally well received. Perhaps the hand on the clock has moved far more rapidly than I think is the case.
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