+lfc lee Well, you can certainly believe a communist! This guy backs a system which allowed countless monsters to terrorise and kill their own people! Look at his avatar! Now, we come to Maggie. It's already been published that senior civil servants made the decision to block such revelations from reaching both Cabinet and public, as they said the schsisms created would be too devastating. That puts it mildly! Few knew. Prime Ministers are actually some of the last to know.
@@gavinharris7753 it was Blair's government that reduced unemployment after years of high unemployment. Living standards for the poorest had risen by the time left, plainly due to the reforms of benefits and increased numbers of poor in employment. The minimum wage came around. The tories like to pretend the living wage is their invention lol - but labour first brought in the minimum wage and it's the same THING! Before Blairs government the conservative government/s were dead against the minimum wage. Education standards nationally did improve too, at least in terms of quality of buildings, which in some cases were a disgrace in the late 90s/early 00s say. Even the so called deficit thing the tories beat on about is way exagerrated. The recession of 2008 was the reason the conservatives inherited a high deficit in 2010... and the global economy was still on a rocky footing for years after 2008. I'd say the economy only didn't get back to something more normal until late 2013. And then we end up at 2020 and have something even worse... and the tories did EXACTLY the same thing. Borrow to save jobs etc.. only this time not to focus on saving banks. Only watch this space because banks may yet end up being a problem post covid as we are beginning to see. Now the tories say despite all the borrowing the deficit is not too bad.. but take a look at how public services have been stripped and stripped in 10 years to be far more limited than after the last recession. I don't believe any political part can claim to be better than the other to be honest.. although an argument can be made that Blair did better than most recent PM.. and he's on a par with Thatcher on every level. Iraq poisoned his legacy which is kind of a shame.
Don't we all miss the days when the leader of the center-right wing party was an honest, rational, well-learned, well-mannered and well-intentioned guy like John Major?
All I know about major is he privatised the railways which has been a disaster, just another ideological Tory clown who wanted to make the country worse.
It is fun to see how little the cadence and format of PMQs has changed. John Major begins with the same line as Rishi Shnak. Tory MPs ask questions that highlight Tory successes. Labor MPs ask questions that bitingly indict Tory failures.
well, it's actually 100 % common for Prime Ministers to begin Prime Minister's Questions with this opening John Major however did ususally say "(...) I shall/will BE HAVING further such meetings (...)" whilst most other Prime Ministers normally said and say "(...) I shall/will have further such meetings (...)"
@@hammer3721 and because he had Gordon brown to come up with the policies throughout his terms that won the votes. John Smith dying was a travesty for UK and would have been a far better PM than Tony Blair.
@@itsandyme9192even if that’s true Keir Starmer really doesn’t need to do much lol, the tories are trailing hard in the polls and they’ve been in power for 14 years now. I think Liz truss has pretty much won the next election for Labour and sunak’s not likely to undo that
The Hatchet Harrison If you are looking to blame anyone for the war, then you need to look here, in the US, and specifically the Bush Administration. Blair was foolish to support the Bush Administration, but the driving force, particularly towards Iraq, came from the neo-cons in the Bush Administration, especially VP Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz. As for the UK, as I said, Blair was foolish to support the US in an attack on a nation which had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. But it should be pointed out that the Conservative Party supported Blair and the war, while most of the opposition to that war came from within the Labour Party.
Everyone says that Major was a disaster, but in fact he won the Tories more actual votes than Thatcher ever did. He got 14m of the popular vote in 1992, whereas Thatcher got 13.7m in 1987 and 13m in 1983.
Thank you for the formidable commitment to the National Health Services and the details of the plan to the public. Julie Ann Racino, ASPA, HHSA, 2018 C-SPAN and public access !
Hope you all britons out there appreciate this form of government. Few countries have such elegant and meaningful debates like this. Just having the Office of the leader of the opposition is a sign of how much you value the thorough questioning of the government
I'd appreciate it if we had a impartial media that aims to inform people not tell them what to believe. I mean right now things are sort of turning into fascism because I see they are going to jail journalist for embarrassing the government for 16 years. Who knows what dark path awaits us now, I could be wrong .
@@joestewart-paul7181 yeah, he didn't bow down to his back benchers like she did. He told them to put up or shut up. Watching PMs questions during this time was fun. Not liek the utter shite we have now. Boris evading the question like a coward and Starmer stuttering on an argument
Whatever side of the fence you’re on both Blair and Major were highly intelligent, articulate leaders unlike today’s clowns and extremists.Who don’t even pretend to care.I’ve always believed a country gets the leader it deserves.
What a dull, bland creature John Major was. Entirely fitting that Spitting Image depicted him as 'the grey man'. He didn't stand a chance against the slick, ruthless focus of Blair. Such a shame he went on to become an employee of the City and a warmonger while in office as PM.
Worth watching again after all these years. The issues have not changed much, but the manner of debate and the quality of leadership, conduct and debate are so different. This is not just about social media and the like, but something deeper that has happened to the UK. (And please don't blame "the foreigners" which has nothing to do with this!)
Tony blair was a brilliant leader.the only thing that went wrong for him was gordon brown's constant heel-biting OF tony blair in his haste to be prime minister himself.he reputedly made tony blair's life as prime minister hell,until he BECAME prime minister...
Stuart Edwards Totally respect your view mate. Gordon Brown practically handed the whole country to the Conservatives on a plate. Brown was, in my opinion, the weakest leader this country has ever seen. He never appeared to have any conviction or leadership skills. He practically pushed Blair out, took over and then didn't seem to have a clue what he was doing. Blair was confident, firm and had some clue about what he was doing most of the time. The irony here is that I did actually vote for Labour in 1997, but when Brown was in charge I deliberately voted Conservative just to get rid of him.
Thanks, which do you belong to? See in America we have the 2, but we have factions in those 2. I've read and heard that the Republican party would be 3-4 parties in Europe. How true that really is who knows?
war criminal is too strong.... the rest i can go along with. he told a lie to the commons. but he did think it to be true at the time he said it. now no one can accuse me of believing everything that comes out his mouth. i dont. i actually think he lies a lot.... but not on this issue. what u can attack him for is his lack of guts and conviction. he always wanted to be popular and so he tells half truths or presents cases that he has not checked fully.
Zero Ninety Yes one of the most redistributive governments ever in the UK is Thatcherite, haha okay. Mass privatisation and deregulation? Hyperbolic much.
The Major PMQs were entertaining. Kinnock, Smith, and Blair were charismatic debaters. Major did have his moments though. On one occasion Major slaughtered John Prescott who was standing in for Blair. Major slaughtered Blair during his last PMQs as PM.
I don't know why major kept ken clarke in his cabinet. Although Ken Clarke left labour a golden economic legacy, he causes division in the conservative party and was the one who broke the 1992 tory pledge on tax
+110990300480476196414 really? He lied about adding 17 PER CENT VAT on to household fuel bills in the 1992 election and said Labour was scaremongering. OAP's could not afford to heat their homes due to this.
@@kevinlongman007 yep just another addendum to his previous boss, carrying on regardless the policies that destroyed the UK as we knew it before thatcher.
Nothing changes! The Tories tell their own MP's what questions to ask and Labour did the same when they were in. This system is a fixed solid system TIME FOR CHANGE!
I would dearly love to know which questions keep getting asked by number, because the number is always different but the answer, of course, is always the same. Which "answer I gave moments ago" is being referenced each time a new number is asked, I wonder? These can't all be asking what he's doing with his time, surely. And, like with number one, the questioner is allowed an immediate follow-up, so they already know what answer they'll get. I'm clearly missing something basic, but I don't know what.
The question is for the Prime Minister to list his engagements to which he responds "This morning l etc.." Thereafter the Prime Minister, responds with "I refer the honourable, etc." It's just a formality. Blair got rid of it.
Tony Blair is a controversial guy but he was a fantastic debater. We don't see debates like this in today's pmqs.
You will now that an even better debater Sir Keir Starmer
We at least will now!
hayden3112 Keir just parrots rehearsed questions and doesn’t offer any positive solutions. ‘Forensic’ my arse.
@@BossySwan Typical tory Mr Starmer could run rings around you
@@garyhunt764 Not sure what you have been smoking Gary, but you should reduce the dosage.
That cartoon at the start is the creepiest thing I've ever seen.
*Shudders*
Have you looked in a mirror recently?
Daniel Clements Yeah, and I looked damn fine!
and frighteningly accurate!
+lfc lee Well, you can certainly believe a communist! This guy backs a system which allowed countless monsters to terrorise and kill their own people! Look at his avatar!
Now, we come to Maggie. It's already been published that senior civil servants made the decision to block such revelations from reaching both Cabinet and public, as they said the schsisms created would be too devastating.
That puts it mildly! Few knew. Prime Ministers are actually some of the last to know.
the weirdest bit was how the fairy sounded not wholly unlike thatcher
say what you will about Blair but this is a fantastic example of composed and elegant public speaking
Alex Williamson he had the style. Debatable as to whether he had substance.
@@gavinharris7753 it was Blair's government that reduced unemployment after years of high unemployment. Living standards for the poorest had risen by the time left, plainly due to the reforms of benefits and increased numbers of poor in employment. The minimum wage came around. The tories like to pretend the living wage is their invention lol - but labour first brought in the minimum wage and it's the same THING! Before Blairs government the conservative government/s were dead against the minimum wage. Education standards nationally did improve too, at least in terms of quality of buildings, which in some cases were a disgrace in the late 90s/early 00s say. Even the so called deficit thing the tories beat on about is way exagerrated. The recession of 2008 was the reason the conservatives inherited a high deficit in 2010... and the global economy was still on a rocky footing for years after 2008. I'd say the economy only didn't get back to something more normal until late 2013. And then we end up at 2020 and have something even worse... and the tories did EXACTLY the same thing. Borrow to save jobs etc.. only this time not to focus on saving banks. Only watch this space because banks may yet end up being a problem post covid as we are beginning to see.
Now the tories say despite all the borrowing the deficit is not too bad.. but take a look at how public services have been stripped and stripped in 10 years to be far more limited than after the last recession. I don't believe any political part can claim to be better than the other to be honest.. although an argument can be made that Blair did better than most recent PM.. and he's on a par with Thatcher on every level. Iraq poisoned his legacy which is kind of a shame.
@@gavinharris7753
Northern Ireland, poppet
Best wishes
John major: “if the right honourable gentlemen formed a government it would be a weak government”
Blair in 1997: “soz for ruining your life”
Eh? 🤠
@@robertcottam8824 You are clearly showing true ignorance if you really don't understand the context of the original comment.
Don't we all miss the days when the leader of the center-right wing party was an honest, rational, well-learned, well-mannered and well-intentioned guy like John Major?
@Harvey Smith 🇷🇺 why do you have a Russian flag
Considering he got wiped out in 1997, not really
didn’t he cheat on his wife lmao
All I know about major is he privatised the railways which has been a disaster, just another ideological Tory clown who wanted to make the country worse.
@@bouncyrou1312 with edwina currie of all people
2:32 haha John Prescott "petrified!!!"
The days when the PM actually answered questions at PMQs with an actual answer rather than a joke or another question.
Or nowadays "vaccine rollout!" Or "fastest growing economy in the G7!"
@@BlyatimirPootin yeah exactly a joke
It is fun to see how little the cadence and format of PMQs has changed. John Major begins with the same line as Rishi Shnak. Tory MPs ask questions that highlight Tory successes. Labor MPs ask questions that bitingly indict Tory failures.
well, it's actually 100 % common for Prime Ministers to begin Prime Minister's Questions with this opening
John Major however did ususally say "(...) I shall/will BE HAVING further such meetings (...)" whilst most other Prime Ministers normally said and say "(...) I shall/will have further such meetings (...)"
God be with the days when both the Torys and Labour had formidable, intelligent leaders (unlike the non-entities of 2018).
And sensible members.
Formidability and John Major are in no way related
Labour has one now with Starmer, struggling to see where an intelligent leader comes from apart from
major is intelligent not formidable
@@MichaelJones-wh9cy I wouldn’t even say major was smart. He was just there if you get what I mean 😆
I spot a Portillo.
+James Harold Wilson Perhaps you spotted Mr Heath or Mr Callaghan biting at your heels,Prime Minister.
Choo-choo!
Portillo Moment
Before he lost his seat 😂😂
Tony Blair won the election in 1997 because he had a lot of charisma and a new sense of energy into the party.
And because John Smith died.
All the things that Keir Starmer is lacking.
@@hammer3721 and because he had Gordon brown to come up with the policies throughout his terms that won the votes. John Smith dying was a travesty for UK and would have been a far better PM than Tony Blair.
@@itsandyme9192even if that’s true Keir Starmer really doesn’t need to do much lol, the tories are trailing hard in the polls and they’ve been in power for 14 years now. I think Liz truss has pretty much won the next election for Labour and sunak’s not likely to undo that
Major knew he was looking at his worst nightmare.
+harryhumandalek Blair was everyone's worse nightmare (apart from immigrants and scroungers)
And everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Hatchet Harrison If you are looking to blame anyone for the war, then you need to look here, in the US, and specifically the Bush Administration. Blair was foolish to support the Bush Administration, but the driving force, particularly towards Iraq, came from the neo-cons in the Bush Administration, especially VP Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz.
As for the UK, as I said, Blair was foolish to support the US in an attack on a nation which had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. But it should be pointed out that the Conservative Party supported Blair and the war, while most of the opposition to that war came from within the Labour Party.
@@DarrenHarrison7160 in what way did the left create the worst illegal war in modern history?
Thanks TS - always pleasantly surprised by what you post on You Tube. Very valuable, keep posting. cheers
8:41 Nigel Evans is now a terrifyingly effective Deputy Speaker. It's so cool to see established figures as 'babies.'
Say what you want about Blair but he was great at PMQ's both in opposition and in power
He was arrogant and full of himself 😒
NunyVanstta135 What's the difference between being arrogant and full of yourself?
Or he was young and charismatic compared to Major. It's how he won three elections in the UK.
liam whitcombe It doesn't upset me Liam & I am not one of his 'supporters'
liam whitcombe I'm sure you have never spoken a truer word than your 17th of this comment.
God it was so much more civilised back then
Blair looked and sounded like a Primeminister in waiting here,
The beginning of the video had me laughing way harder than usual
Everyone says that Major was a disaster, but in fact he won the Tories more actual votes than Thatcher ever did. He got 14m of the popular vote in 1992, whereas Thatcher got 13.7m in 1987 and 13m in 1983.
+Knappa22 Yeah - and he lost EVERY by election and ended up running a minority government - that's why he was a complete and utter disaster!
+Knappa22 Major wasn't that bad he wasn't an Edward Heath or Anthony Eden
i'd take blair and major over may
Thank you for the formidable commitment to the National Health Services and the details of the plan to the public. Julie Ann Racino, ASPA, HHSA, 2018 C-SPAN and public access !
Hope you all britons out there appreciate this form of government. Few countries have such elegant and meaningful debates like this. Just having the Office of the leader of the opposition is a sign of how much you value the thorough questioning of the government
I'd appreciate it if we had a impartial media that aims to inform people not tell them what to believe. I mean right now things are sort of turning into fascism because I see they are going to jail journalist for embarrassing the government for 16 years. Who knows what dark path awaits us now, I could be wrong .
This was nearly 30 years ago. Oh lawd have things changed now, unfortunately.
“I refer the honourable gentleman to the reply I made some moments ago”
John Major was underrated
Enjoyed this a lot
I didn’t know Keanu Reeves sat beside John Major during PMQs
I hate the tories, but John Major actually performed quite well in this clip I hate to say
Scott1433 I know what you mean. Major was a decent man.
@@joestewart-paul7181 had way more bravery tha May.
@@militantman 100%
@@joestewart-paul7181 yeah, he didn't bow down to his back benchers like she did. He told them to put up or shut up. Watching PMs questions during this time was fun. Not liek the utter shite we have now. Boris evading the question like a coward and Starmer stuttering on an argument
In those days they used to call Major Labour and Blair Tory
Interesting that even then all the talk was of Europe.
It was a huge issue in the 1990s because of Maastricht and the single currency issues
Whatever side of the fence you’re on both Blair and Major were highly intelligent, articulate leaders unlike today’s clowns and extremists.Who don’t even pretend to care.I’ve always believed a country gets the leader it deserves.
It is a disgrace what choice we have to vote for.
0:00 The fuck did I just watch?
Disturbing isn't the word is it? Thatcher, Pinocchio, Cameron............ give you nightmares.
Why is keanu reeves sitting next to John Major?
Hi - I think you might be referring to Michael Portillo - a Tory MP
Ben Passmore-Webb 😂
Portlio looks a lot worst now in 2017!!!
@@nickycjee89 No fucking shit.
Holy crap, awesome!
Thatcher's face fell down.
And it was fucking hilarious.
Even tho mr.Major had an affair with a feisty brunette, he at least was certainly a lot more trustworthy than mr.Blair !
LOL the intro
It's like watching the political version of Mr Bean, Blair at the time made mincemeat of him in every way. Pity his legacy was so poisonous.
Tony Blair love him or hate him, he knew how to talk and make an impression. Shame he is remembered as a war criminal 😂
John Prescot - he's petrified!
He was right!
What a dull, bland creature John Major was. Entirely fitting that Spitting Image depicted him as 'the grey man'. He didn't stand a chance against the slick, ruthless focus of Blair. Such a shame he went on to become an employee of the City and a warmonger while in office as PM.
Who knew we were watching the rise of a monster
Arrrr, he was GREAT though Big T wasnt he?
Portillo!
Blair may be a war criminal, but he's the best Labour PM and leader that the UK has ever had.
Not quite both Atlee and Wilson were better .
I would have voted for tony to be a dictator im sure the country wouldn't be in this mess
Worth watching again after all these years. The issues have not changed much, but the manner of debate and the quality of leadership, conduct and debate are so different. This is not just about social media and the like, but something deeper that has happened to the UK. (And please don't blame "the foreigners" which has nothing to do with this!)
Totally agree
why am I watching this (June 2024 )
Because you’re educated.
Tony blair did lots for the country and Margaret thatcher just mad Britain sad and depressed
The mafia at work in the secret hideout
YEEEAAAAAA
Tony blair was a brilliant leader.the only thing that went wrong for him was gordon brown's constant heel-biting OF tony blair in his haste to be prime minister himself.he reputedly made tony blair's life as prime minister hell,until he BECAME prime minister...
Although I am not a supporter of Labour, I have to agree that your statement is spot-on.
LordHeath1972 Thanks,m8. when gordon brown DID become prime minister,he fucked it up completely...
Stuart Edwards Totally respect your view mate. Gordon Brown practically handed the whole country to the Conservatives on a plate. Brown was, in my opinion, the weakest leader this country has ever seen. He never appeared to have any conviction or leadership skills. He practically pushed Blair out, took over and then didn't seem to have a clue what he was doing. Blair was confident, firm and had some clue about what he was doing most of the time. The irony here is that I did actually vote for Labour in 1997, but when Brown was in charge I deliberately voted Conservative just to get rid of him.
Before this next general election coming up, is Ed Milliband any better than Brown?
Onmysheet Although I wouldn't vote Labour - I would have Miliband over Brown any day of the week!
They should have stay there. I left the UK, as soon as he won.
Tough to decide who was the worst Prime Minister out of Blair, Major and Cameron. All were terrible.
I'd probably put Blair as the worst.
Yes, well, the Iraq War disaster along with such things as trying to give Gibraltar to Spain could be the clincher for Blair.
Sir James Kilfedder has certainly had a Ribera or 2 before PMQsssshhh
Should we now be investigating what Tony Blair knew about CIA torture in Great Britain!
if only the honourable and truthful John Smith wasn't taken before his time we would have had a Labour govt without the war criminal we seen here.
best pm we ever had
Yes he was.
worst pm ever
no just blair
This was 2 months after the IRA's ceasefire and a few weeks after the loyalists' ceasefire.
I stand corrected there IS one difference, the MP's are sitting and listening that doesn't happen these days!
Major here speaks with pretty remarkable transparency especially considering what they’re like now
Portillo sitting there thinking he’ll be an MP for years to come.
The standard of debate in the 90s was so much higher than it is in 2023. Genuinely sad to see the decline.
You can see why so many of our leaders are barristers.
Was this the moment Spitting Image noticed how grey John Major was?
A shorter version of PMQs back then. Two questions was all that Blair got but boy he makes them count
More peas dear?
If only Spitting Image had known about his affair with Edwina Currie back then.
Blair was one of the greatest leaders of all time.
He was- I wish it was May 2nd 1997 again.
It was far more orderly back then, today it's a pathetic childish shouting match.
I love John Prescott. I’m American though, we like bruisers. I could understand why the English find him... not English lol
i had that thought myself.... maybe i might make a tony vs blair video some time to show the difference between the younger and older man.
bliar was actually quite good back then, he has a poise and authority that very quicky disappeared by the time he gained power
Goat
Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime .
Does all fur coat and no knickers spring to mind ?
Around 30 years ago today.
Thanks, which do you belong to? See in America we have the 2, but we have factions in those 2. I've read and heard that the Republican party would be 3-4 parties in Europe. How true that really is who knows?
war criminal is too strong.... the rest i can go along with.
he told a lie to the commons. but he did think it to be true at the time he said it. now no one can accuse me of believing everything that comes out his mouth. i dont. i actually think he lies a lot.... but not on this issue.
what u can attack him for is his lack of guts and conviction. he always wanted to be popular and so he tells half truths or presents cases that he has not checked fully.
War criminal
Blair really was Thatcher Lite.
Not really at all, in terms of economic policy he was the polar opposite.
You're joking right? Deregulating the city, mass privatizations etc etc
Zero Ninety
Yes one of the most redistributive governments ever in the UK is Thatcherite, haha okay.
Mass privatisation and deregulation? Hyperbolic much.
blair was centre. thatcher far right. cameron is thatcher lite
The current tory government has achieved the impossible it's made miss John Mayor's time in office. I actually feel nostalgic for those days...
Blair cooperate with Bush very well, this pair of brothers handles middle east very well
Major was a nice robot.
The Major PMQs were entertaining. Kinnock, Smith, and Blair were charismatic debaters. Major did have his moments though. On one occasion Major slaughtered John Prescott who was standing in for Blair. Major slaughtered Blair during his last PMQs as PM.
Its like watching a pre Ed Miliband.
How come he only got two questions, not 3?
I don't know why major kept ken clarke in his cabinet. Although Ken Clarke left labour a golden economic legacy, he causes division in the conservative party and was the one who broke the 1992 tory pledge on tax
John Major was a decent man. By the the time he lost in 1997, his policies had helped to turn the UK economy around to pretty strong growth.
Yes following the recession of 1992 which the Conservative government caused...
+tubularbill he wasn't the best but was decent
+110990300480476196414 really? He lied about adding 17 PER CENT VAT on to household fuel bills in the 1992 election and said Labour was scaremongering. OAP's could not afford to heat their homes due to this.
@@kevinlongman007 yep just another addendum to his previous boss, carrying on regardless the policies that destroyed the UK as we knew it before thatcher.
@@saints16o5o87 During the 10 years Blair was Prime Minister the economy grew year on year...
Did I see Edwina under the dispatch box??
£12 million? That’s amateur numbers compared to current crooks in the Tory party
Long live Blair , being him back to no 10
Nothing changes! The Tories tell their own MP's what questions to ask and Labour did the same when they were in. This system is a fixed solid system TIME FOR CHANGE!
keanu reeves x tim robbins??
speeaakkkkkssss snakkkeeiisshhshsh
innocent times
Blair did not even have the courtesy to thank Major for his good wishes . Shameful, pathetic but so predictable of that character.
PETRIFIED! Gotta love Prescott
Title should read "When Lex Luthor spoke to Clark Kent!"🙄
Eeeeeeeeh. If only you could fast forward time and see what happened next. Did the young man go anywhere?
Bliar a great (Mas) debater indeed.
2:40 how the turn tables
I would dearly love to know which questions keep getting asked by number, because the number is always different but the answer, of course, is always the same. Which "answer I gave moments ago" is being referenced each time a new number is asked, I wonder? These can't all be asking what he's doing with his time, surely. And, like with number one, the questioner is allowed an immediate follow-up, so they already know what answer they'll get. I'm clearly missing something basic, but I don't know what.
The question is for the Prime Minister to list his engagements to which he responds "This morning l etc.." Thereafter the Prime Minister, responds with "I refer the honourable, etc." It's just a formality. Blair got rid of it.
@@wilsonfisk6626 I always thought that was just "number one." Thanks!
2:21 Weird to see a Tory leader praising the UK being a part of the EU
at 3:05 An older Keanu Reeves to the right of John Major