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Clement Attlee

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The Resume

    (January 3, 1883-October 8, 1967)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Member of Parliament (1922-56)
    Postmaster General (1931)
    Lord Privy Seal (1940-42)
    Deputy Prime Minister (1942-45)
    Prime Minister (1945-51)
    Member of the Labour Party

Why he might be annoying:

    He opposed British rearmament between the World Wars.
    He nationalized the railways, the Bank of England, coal mines and the steel industry.
    In a 'good will gesture,' his government allowed the Soviets access to several Rolls Royce jet engines that they reverse engineered and installed on MiG fighters in the Korean War.
    Winston Churchill called him 'A modest man, with much to be modest about.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was badly wounded in Mesopotamia during World War I.
    He was the only member of Churchill's war cabinet to serve for the duration of WWII.
    He introduced the British National Health Service.
    Even Margaret Thatcher who undid many of his socialist policies was an admirer, saying, 'Quite contrary to the general tendency of politicians in the 1990s, he was all substance and no show.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 37 Votes: 59.46% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 72 Votes: 69.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 33 Votes: 54.55% Annoying