POLITICS

Tallscot · Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:06 am Post subject:

What record was held by U.S. President John Adams for 175 years, and was then broken by Ronald Reagan?
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wildrover · Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:36 am Post subject:

The longest lived? I know Ronnie was...

Tallscot · Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:32 pm Post subject:

He was indeed the longest lived until RR came along.
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wildrover · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:50 am Post subject:

On the subject of long lives, who is the oldest surviving former MP? He was a Labour cabinet minister in the 60s and 70s...

Buzzie · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:55 pm Post subject:

Is Jim Callaghan still alive?
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wildrover · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:34 pm Post subject:

No, he died several years ago - the man I'm looking for was born in the same year as Callaghan though...

Buzzie · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:06 am Post subject:

Denis Healey?
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JUS · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:47 pm Post subject:

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wildrover · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:54 pm Post subject:

Not Denis - although it was him that prompted to check if there were any older than him as he is 94. The man I'm looking for was Postmaster General and presided over the closure of Radio Caroline, then Education Secretary in the late 60s/early 70s then Harold Wilson's deputy in the mid 70s. Feel free to google...

Tallscot · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:11 pm Post subject:

Duly googled - Edward Short.

Who said on Question Time that "Landslides don't on the whole produce successful governments", and was sacked by Thatcher soon afterwards ?
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JUS · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject:

Willie Whitelaw? Confused

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Tallscot · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject:

Not WW.

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JUS · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 1:00 am Post subject:

Tarzan? Hestletine?
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Tallscot · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 8:56 pm Post subject:

Not Heseltine. Initials F.P.
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Zevon · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 6:45 am Post subject:

Francis Pymm???
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