On Sep 25, 1:16 am, "michael adams" wrote:
"E27002" wrote in message

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IMHO Macmillan is NOT a hero.

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Macmillan served with distinction as a captain in the Grenadier Guards
during the war, [WW1] and was wounded on three occasions. During the
Battle of the Somme, he spent an entire day wounded and lying in a slit
trench with a bullet in his pelvis, reading the classical Greek
playwright Aeschylus in his original language.[13

Publishing]
On his return to London in 1920 he joined the family firm Macmillan
Publishers as a junior partner, remaining with the company until his
appointment to ministerial office in 1940.

{Macmillan was responsible for publishing and championing the work of
the Irish playwright Sean O'Casey)

Housing Minister (1951-1954)
With the Conservative victory in 1951 Macmillan became Minister of Housing
under Churchill, who entrusted Macmillan with fulfilling the latter's conference
promise to build 300,000 houses per year. 'It is a gamble-it will make or mar
your political career,' Churchill said, 'but every humble home will bless your
name if you succeed.'[32] Macmillan achieved the target a year ahead of schedule.[33]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Macmillan

Thank you. Clearly he was a hero. Unfortunately the latter day of
his government were marred by scandal. Two elections later Wilson was
firmly in control and the UK's decline went into overdrive.

To say nothing of the strain of having to maintain a stiff upper lip for years,
on end, for the sake of the family, while being cockolded by Robert Boothby.
(i.e Boothby was shagging his missus)

One would not wish that on anybody.

I wonder if any of those people moving into any of those 300,000 new houses will have
bemoaned the lack of Doric arhes at the front ?

Is it the government's job to house the populace? I will say that
1950s local authority housing was far superior to that which followed.

Oh sorry, there's clearly no point in asking you is there ? Your knowledge of Harold
McMillan is probably based on a telly programme you vaguely remember from last
year. Andrew Marr perhaps ?

No it is based on my memory of living thru those times. I have no
idea who is Andrew Marr.