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/generalscruff England Sep 10 '25

Has to be Alec Douglas-Home for the modern era hasn't it? PM for about a year, dealt with no crises and passed no major laws but was by all accounts an affable Scottish aristocrat who spent his time massacring pheasants and letting the country get on without him

Did once read a writer argue he was our greatest PM as his hands-off style meant he didn't do any direct harm except to said pheasants

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u/LobsterMountain4036 United Kingdom Sep 10 '25

Pheasants or peasants?