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There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
Autobiographer
Bank Manager
Banker
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Politician
London
England
Sir John Major
Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.
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I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.
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I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
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I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.
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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
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I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.
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If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.
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