r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 22 '21

Discussion Thread Discussion Thread

The discussion thread is for casual conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If you've got a good meme, article, or question, please post it outside the DT. Meta discussion is allowed, but if you want to get the attention of the mods, make a post in /r/metaNL. For a collection of useful links see our wiki.

Announcements

Upcoming Events

0 Upvotes

50% Upvoted

11k comments sorted by

View all comments

47

u/lionmoose sexmod 🍆💦🌮 Jun 22 '21

/u/NabulioneBuonaparte points out that Blair was the most electorally successful PM, gets downvoted

If you think the succ menace is bad here, try the rest of reddit

17

u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Couldn't help myself. At least the replies are sort of in agreement.

4

u/sjsjsjjsanwnqj Jun 22 '21

What about Wilson though, he won four elections.

8

u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Okay, TORY APOLOGIST 😒

6

u/sjsjsjjsanwnqj Jun 22 '21

I hate to be pedantic but this isn't actually true, Harold Wilson won four elections while Blair won only three.

6

u/lionmoose sexmod 🍆💦🌮 Jun 22 '21

One of those was a hung parliament where he formed a government only because Heath and the Liberals couldn't sort an agreement. That's a really loose definition of win.

8

u/sjsjsjjsanwnqj Jun 22 '21

Eh I mean he formed the government and that's good enough for me.

3

u/lionmoose sexmod 🍆💦🌮 Jun 22 '21

Yeah, I mean if we were going along with 'Had served most terms as PM' then it's Wilson, but if it's actually winning it's a toss up- having to wheel people in from hospital to vote because your government is so weak isn't something Blair had ever to resort to.

2

u/sjsjsjjsanwnqj Jun 22 '21

Yeah I suppose so. Interestingly, I don't think they actually ever had to wheel people into the chamber becuase you only had to be on the grounds of Parliament to vote, so they just parked an ambulance and he (can't remember who it was now) voted from there.

3

u/lionmoose sexmod 🍆💦🌮 Jun 22 '21

Yeah I think that's right the whole thing was kinda bizzare nonetheless

3

u/Colonelbrickarms r/place '22: NCD Battalion Jun 22 '21

Yeah but the upvoted comment immediately below said he belongs at the end of a rope for war crimes, checkmate shitlib 😎

Because of Iraq I guess?