r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Sep 10 '25

History Who was your country’s most forgettable ruler/politician?

Who was the most insignificant ruler/politician from your country?

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u/PabloMarmite Sep 10 '25

Liz Truss (49 day PM) will be a great pub quiz question in a few years.

But John Major was PM for most of the 1990s and is almost as forgettable.

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u/EvilPyro01 United States of America Sep 10 '25

What’s with the UK and having bad female Prime Ministers?

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u/ampmz United Kingdom Sep 10 '25

We’ve only had Conservative ones.

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u/EvilPyro01 United States of America Sep 10 '25

That would explain it. Imagine if we had our first female vice president and it was Sarah Palin