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Let's turn British inventions into British industries, British factories and British jobs. Let them make pounds for us, not dollars marks or yen for others.

John Major

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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Sir John Major
Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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