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10/10/16: The Prime Ministers (Since 1900)
Due to poor health, my intended 'shot for today is going to need to be moved to Wednesday. Instead, here's another sardonic list of world leaders, in the vein of 'The Presidents' in HU5. Ladies and gentlemen, these are the Prime Ministers of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since the turn of the Twentieth Century. Enjoy!
The Marquess of Salisbury (1895-1902) - The last member of the House of Lords to hold office as Prime Minister (while still in the House of Lords). He fought the Boer and the Boer won (well, no they didn't but that pun was too good to pass up).
Arthur Balfour (1902-1905) - Finally buried the hatchet with France. The King didn't like him very much.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905-1908) - First Prime Minister to actually be called Prime Minister. Allied with Russia, all the cool powers were making opposing alliances. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Herbert Henry Asquith (1908-1916) - Plans for Irish Home Rule torpedoed by the minor incident of the First World War. String of military and polictical difficulties leads to the fall of his government. First 20th century PM not to have a nice 'stache.
David Lloyd George (1916-1922) - Won the First World War with a little help from some French and American people, but apparently no help from his generals considering he spent the rest of his life constantly slagging them off. Enfranchised everybody over thirty and let the Irish go.
Andrew Bonar Law (1922-1923) - It's Bonner Law, dammit.
Stanley Baldwin (1923-1924) - GET READY FOR PRIME MINISTERIAL MUSICAL CHAIRS EVERYBODY.
Ramsey MacDonald (1924) - Lasted less than a year because he couldn't get a majority.
Stanley Baldwin (1924-1929) - Back again, this time for longer. Enfranchised all women over 21, but is mainly remembered for that time everybody went on strike in '26.
Ramsey MacDonald (1929-1935) - You were the chosen one! You were supposed to destroy the Conservatives, not join them! You were supposed to bring balance to the distribution of wealth, not leave it in darkness! - every Labour supporter ever.
Stanley Baldwin (1935-1937) - Didn't do much, which generally fits the consistent image of Stanley Baldwin.
Neville Chamberlain (1937-1940) - Somewhat unfairly maligned for appeasing to Hitler. Considering the British Army consisted of three guys and a tractor for most of the 1930s, he wasn't that stupid to do so. In the end, appeasement and the failed campaign in Norway finished him.
Winston Churchill (1940-1945) - Needs no introduction.
Clement Attlee (1945-1951) - Nationalised the railways, nationalised the coal companies, revitalised the nation, created the National Health Service, cured cancer, ended world hunger, defeated Galactus with his bare hands. Also his defence ministry accidently gave Stalin jet engines but we all make mistakes. 10/10 would Attlee again.
Winston Churchill (1951-1955) - WINSTON IS BACK but not a lot happens, so okay then.
Anthony Eden (1955-1957) - That incompetent who lost Suez.
Harold Macmillan (1957-1963) - Saw the writing on the wall and turned the government's focus from holding onto the collapsing Empire to joining the European Economic Community. What a good idea! Hopefully nobody would ever jeopardise this.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1863-1964) - Existed, presumably.
Harold Wilson (1964-1970) - Sent troops into Northern Ireland, which in retrospect might not have been the best idea. Decriminalised homosexuality, though, so it balances out.
Edward Heath (1970-1974) - Finally got into the EEC, because Charles de Gaulle was too dead to reject Britain again. Decided that it was a good idea to use heavily armed elite paratroopers for riot control, with depressingly predictable results. Oversaw the switch to decimal currency.
Harold Wilson (1974-1976) - Back for a while, just long enough for Mi6 agents to suspect him of working for the KGB.
James Callaghan (1976-1979) - Much like the other major James of the late 1970s, premiership coincided with financial downturns which were probably beyond his control but for which he was blamed anyway.
Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990) - Living proof of that timeless Voltaire maxim; 'it's so easy when you're evil.'
John Major (1990-1997) - John Major was *slams head into keyboard, having instantly fallen asleep at the thought of John Major.*
Tony Blair (1997-2007) - Controversial no comment next please.
Gordon Brown (2007-2010) - Literally a cartoon caricature of a dour Scottish banker. Owner of the most terrifying smile in Great Britain.
David Cameron (2010-2016) - You had one job.
Theresa May (2016-?) - Um...no comment.
AN: See, America doesn't have a monopoly on weird politicians!