#HaroldMacmillan was born #OnThisDay in 1894; prime minister from 1.1057 to 10.18.63, facilitating #decolonization of British Africa but his government was brought down by the Profumo scandal. #MargaretThatcher dismantled his Disraelian one-nation Tory paternalism...
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#HaroldMacmillan succeeded #AnthonyEden as British prime minister #OnThisDay in 1957 & seemed an improvement after the disaster of the Suez Crisis that destroyed his credibility; the Conservative governments of Eden & Macmillan accepted the welfare state...
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Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), British Prime Minister
Died #otd Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), British Prime Minister, 39 years ago today #HaroldMacmillan life story...
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory books, @tomblack.uk and @jacktindale.bsky.social imagine a UK dominated by one man, #HaroldMacmillan, for an entire era of #politics. #UKpolitics #NumberTen #WhatIf #Counterfactual #Whitehall www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
#JohnProfumo resigned as British war minister #OnThisDay in 1963 over the scandal involving with #ChristineKeeler which nearly brought down the government of #HaroldMacmillan, who would resign as prime minister in October; in 1964, the #Tories were swept from power...
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Harold Macmillan
#HaroldMacmillan was born #OnThisDay in 1894; prime minister from 1.1057 to 10.18.63, Mac's biggest contribution was to facilitate the #decolonization of British Africa but his government was brought down by the Profumo scandal...
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#HaroldMacmillan gave his 'wind of change' speech in Cape Town #OnThisDay in 1960, signaling further decolonization & no more support #SouthAfrica's apartheid; #DonaldTrump needs to give a speech like this & support #BDS to #FreePalestine from #ApartheidIsrael~!
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Harold Macmillan
#HaroldMacmillan succeeded #AnthonyEden as British prime minister #OnThisDay in 1957 & the Conservative governments of Eden & Macmillan accepted the welfare state but the complacency of Supermac's Tory paternalism did nothing to move the UK forward into the future...
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Harold Macmillan
Died #otd Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister, 38 years ago today #HaroldMacmillan www.outlived.org/person/harold-macmillan-2038
Christine Keeler vs. John Profumo
#JohnProfumo resigned as British minister of war #OnThisDay in 1963 over the scandal involving his relationship with #ChristineKeeler which nearly brought down #HaroldMacmillan, who would resign as prime minister in October; in 1964, the #Tories were swept from power:
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#HaroldMacmillan was born #OnThisDay in 1894; prime minister from 1.10.57 to 10.18.63, Mac's biggest contribution was to facilitate the #decolonization of British Africa but his government was brought down by the Profumo scandal...
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#HaroldMacmillan gave his 'wind of change' speech #OnThisDay in 1960, signaling that Britain would end support for #SouthAfrica's #apartheid; #JoeBiden needs to give a speech like this & support #BDS to #FreePalestine from #ApartheidIsrael's genocidal occupation~!
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