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I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.

John Major

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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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'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 inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.
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If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.
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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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They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.
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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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I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.
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Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.
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You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed.
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Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.
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I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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Life is full of surprises.
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