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0 pointsarethuza6y ago0 comments

The UK had at least one superbly "uncharismatic" Prime Minister in living memory: Clement Attlee. Even though he was Labour, Thatcher wrote of him:

"Of Clement Attlee, however, I was an admirer. He was a serious man and a patriot. Quite contrary to the general tendency of politicians in the 1990s, he was all substance and no show"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee

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notahacker6y ago· 1 in thread

On the other hand May, Brown and Major also had very little charisma in public and they were far from effective prime ministers [although Brown was generally effective as a Chancellor]

arethuzaOP6y ago

Good point - I meant extremely effective and uncharismatic - which does rather rule out those PMs you mention.

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