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Stafford Cripps

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The Resume

    (April 24, 1889-April 21, 1952)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Richard Stafford Cripps
    Member of Parliament for Bristol East (1931-50)
    Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1940-42)
    Minister of Aircraft Production (1942-45)
    President of the Board of Trade (1945-47)
    Minister for Economic Affairs (1947)
    Chancellor of the Exchequer (1947-50)
    Member of the Labour Party

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a Marxist who came from a privileged background.
    He unsuccessfully tried to convince Gandhi and other Indian nationalists to support the British war effort in return for a promise of post-WWII independence.
    After World War II, he implemented a series of unpopular austerity measures.
    One historian described him as 'the type of man who was easier on Stalin than on Churchill.'
    Winston Churchill said of him, 'He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served as an ambulance driver during World War I.
    He opposed Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany.
    He was respected for his tireless work to improve the post-war economy.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 45 Votes: 64.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying