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I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
Autobiographer
Bank Manager
Banker
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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London
England
Sir John Major
Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country that is able and willing to build a better quality of life for all its citizens.
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My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.
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