# Greatest and Worst British Prime Minister

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-and-worst-british-prime-minister/565379>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 25, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-and-worst-british-prime-minister/565379 "2010-12-25T21:56:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-and-worst-british-prime-minister/565379/61 "2010-12-30T22:44:35Z")

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> [@Ximenean](#):
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> Third, it’s a horribly complicated way for rich people to screw the working classes. Rich people only have one vote, like the rest of us.

“If voting changed anything, they’d abolish it.” Ken Livingstone.

Don’t forget privatization (and the contracting out/tendering system) played a central role in the anti-union strategy.

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-and-worst-british-prime-minister/565379/62 "2010-12-30T23:12:46Z")

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I think the main players in the anti-union “strategy” were the voters, who were harmed by the unions’ actions. If it is considered a strategy to appeal to the voters’ wishes, then so be it.

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