[Politics] Nigel Lawson Dead

[jakarta]

Whatever you think of his politics, he knew his stuff and was a far better Chancellor than the shit show we have had for the past decade.

Nigel Lawson: Reforming chancellor dies aged 91

PM Rishi Sunak is one of those paying tribute, calling him an "inspiration to me and many others".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Live by the sea]

Agree , he was a serious politician. Nowdays there doesn’t seem to be many serious ones either side of the pond .

 

[WATFORD zero]

Agree , he was a serious politician. Nowdays there doesn’t seem to be many serious ones either side of the pond .

Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite

 

[Is it PotG?]

Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite

Mange tout Rodney, mange tout

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

He's looked like the walking dead for decades.

I'll offer to go round to Nigella's to comfort her.

 

[Sheebo]

Always liked her. Cracking rack and some great recipes. RIP.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite

I always said Maistre was full of shit.
Oh, RIP Nigel.

 

[A1X]

Look although all the science says he’s dead, we need to find someone to claim he’s not to show balance in the debate. It’s what he would have wanted.

 

[sully]

He's looked like the walking dead for decades.

I'll offer to go round to Nigella's to comfort her.

I met him in 2018 and he was looking pretty frail.

We discussed Fitbits in a lift!

He was doing a talk in which he said he thought we would look back on Trump as a good President……

Overall, though, I always saw him as one of the good guys who brought in changes that allowed me and my friends to move up the food chain a bit, whilst not applying the wrecking ball that the current mob use exclusively.

 

[Lurchy]

He moved to Eastbourne a couple of years ago, and became a patron of the local Conservative Party.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Boom and.....bust.

I nearly lost my house thanks to his masterful stewardship of the economy.

 

[jcdenton08]

Boom and.....bust.

I nearly lost my house thanks to his masterful stewardship of the economy.

I’ve been meaning to ask… is that Jodie Foster?

 

[Blue3]

In 2017 Nigel Lawson relocated to France he was a staunch supporter for Brexit but chose to move to France after the Brexit vote in 2016 and in 2018 he applied for leave to remain retaining all his EU membership benefits.
After strong criticism back in the UK he stated he was still paying taxes in the UK and in Sept 2018 it was announced he was selling his home in France for almost £900,000 but what was not so widely reported was that he continued to live in France and settled elsewhere in the country.

I have no time for Tories they are all self serving individuals without any empathy for anyone outside the bubble of there own kind one where every opportunity in life is laid before you which leads me to ask the question was he the best person in the UK at the time to be Chancellor or was his background a shoeing and could the same be said of his daughter

91 is a good age and genuinely my thoughts go out to his family and friends

 

[GOM]

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I have no time for Tories they are all self serving individuals without any empathy for anyone outside the bubble of there own kind one where every opportunity in life is laid before you ...

What a piece of lazy cliched generalisation.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

This is one of those where I can't think of anything nice to post, so I guess I'll just leave it there.

 

[Peteinblack]

What a piece of lazy cliched generalisation.

Of course, Tories and Brexitters never resort to lazy, cliched, generalisations when criticising their political opponents, eh.

 

[5Ways Gull]

I’ve been meaning to ask… is that Jodie Foster?

I thought Amanda Donohue

 

[5Ways Gull]

I thought Amanda Donohue

Oh RIP by the way

 

[nicko31]

A serious politician, that got seriously into climate change denial.

Founded the global Warming Policy Foundation and sat on the board of Net Zero Watch.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

In 2017 Nigel Lawson relocated to France he was a staunch supporter for Brexit but chose to move to France after the Brexit vote in 2016 and in 2018 he applied for leave to remain retaining all In 2017 Nigel Lawson relocated to France he was a staunch supporter for Brexit but chose to move to France after the Brexit vote in 2016 and in 2018 he applied for leave to remain retaining all his EU membership benefits.

After strong criticism back in the UK he stated he was still paying taxes in the UK and in Sept 2018 it was announced he was selling his home in France for almost £900,000 but what was not so widely reported was that he continued to live in France and settled elsewhere in the country.

I have no time for Tories they are all self serving individuals without any empathy for anyone outside the bubble of there own kind one where every opportunity in life is laid before you which leads me to ask the question was he the best person in the UK at the time to be Chancellor or was his background a shoeing and could the same be said of his daughter

91 is a good age and genuinely my thoughts go out to his family and friends

The French refused him citizenship because he was a member of Parliament in the House of Lords.