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King Henry V
08-02-2005, 16:33
TEE (Title Explains Everything)
P.S This is SUPPOSED to be tongue-in-cheek.
Hurin_Rules
08-02-2005, 17:00
Lord Palmerston!

No, Pitt the Elder!

[Sorry, just couldn't resist the Simpsons reference.]
drone
08-02-2005, 17:03
Barney: "And I say, England's greatest Prime Minister was Lord Palmerston!"

Wade Boggs: "Pitt the Elder!"

Barney: "Lord Palmerston!"

Wade Boggs: "Pitt the Elder!" (Shoves Barney)

Barney: "Okay, you asked for it, bud!" (Barney Punches out Wade Boggs)

Moe: "Yeah, that's showing him, Barney! Pitt the Elder..."

Barney: "Lord Palmerston!" (Punches out Moe)
This poll could get ugly! ~D

Edit-> damn, beaten to it by Hurin_Rules. :bow:
JAG
08-02-2005, 17:40
It was Clement Atlee, but nevermind.
Gawain of Orkeny
08-02-2005, 17:42
Churchill doesnt get a mention. Is this the Engish PM your speaking about?
monkian
08-02-2005, 17:48
Churchill doesnt get a mention. Is this the Engish PM your speaking about?

Supposed to be tongue in cheek ~;)

And Churchill was a shite politician during peace time.
Kagemusha
08-02-2005, 18:16
Where is the gah option?I dont know any of them.Maybe im just ignorant. ~;)
King Henry V
08-02-2005, 18:31
I voted Jim Hacker for entertainment value.
Kagemusha, its not surprising you don't know any of them (although you should know John Major, TB's predecessor). Here's a bit of info:
Lord North: chum of George III who managed to lose those rebellious colonies in the 18th century
Spencer Perceval: Only PM ever to be assasinated
Ramsay Macdonald: His term lasted for a mere few months before losing power.
Jim Hacker: Prime Minister in the Yes, Prime Minister comedy series (n.b: did not exist in real life).
Kagemusha
08-02-2005, 18:57
Now that i think of John Major i should have known.Thanks for the info King Henry V. :bow:
Mujalumbo
08-02-2005, 20:10
I don't see Jean Chretien! :furious3:
C'mon, man, he Force-Choked(TM) a reporter who got in his face and bashed some burglers with an Inuit statue.
lancelot
08-02-2005, 21:08
Disraeli and Vicki

Now they knew how to run things!
Marcellus
08-03-2005, 00:19
Of those on the list, Jim Hacker, for making me laugh. A lot.
Al Khalifah
08-03-2005, 09:15
Arthur Wellesley.
King Henry V
08-03-2005, 09:32
Although Wellington is one of my ´great heroes, I don't think he was such a good Prime Minister, even though he did manage to get the Catholic Emanciapation through Parliament. He thought he could order other members of the Tory Party around like his aides and generals in the Peninsula.
bmolsson
08-03-2005, 12:10
Olof Palme is missing.... ~;)
Don Corleone
08-03-2005, 12:43
Lord North, for driving off all that nasty rabble in the colonies.... wait... that's me... Hey!
lars573
08-03-2005, 15:05
I don't see Jean Chretien! :furious3:
C'mon, man, he Force-Choked(TM) a reporter who got in his face and bashed some burglers with an Inuit statue.

I always knew he had joined the dark side.
Alexander the Pretty Good
08-03-2005, 20:32
I may have it wrong, but wasn't North opposed to ticking off the Colonies (the future US)? But he had to do it anyway?

And Churchill would've been my vote, since he was great when it mattered - during the UK's struggle for survival.
RabidGibbon
08-03-2005, 21:33
Major!!! I have posters of this heroic figure plastered all over the front of my house.

How he ever got re-elected.... :dizzy2:
scooter_the_shooter
08-03-2005, 22:03
BLAIR!!!!..............just kidding
KukriKhan
08-03-2005, 22:23
Charles Grey. Abolished slavery in Brit holdings, and had a great tea named after him. ~:cheers:
thrashaholic
08-04-2005, 09:29
Disraeli, or Thatcher, one of those two (tounge not in cheek).

North was a complete arse for losing us the potentially most lucrative colonies we had (if we'd expanded Westwards like the US) and then setting a precedent for which the other colonies thought they could become independent, so he gets my vote. Silly man.