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I loathe all political parties, which I regard as inventions of the devil. My favourite prime minister was Sir Alec Douglas-Home, not because he was on the Right, but because he spent a year in office without, on his own admission, doing a damned thing.

— George MacDonald Fraser

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Just as the England football manager starts with bells and flags and balloons and ends up reviled, so do prime ministers. Tony Blair - is there anyone more despised now? Gordon Brown - all right, nobody voted for him but, you know... just think of any of them. Margaret Thatcher. John Major. Steve McLaren. Fabio Capello.

— Terry Wogan

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.

— John Webster

People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.

— Mark Thomas

I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning.

— Doris Lessing

I think there were times when, if circumstances had developed, I might have been tempted into politics. I am a fan of Tony Blair. I think Gordon Brown is a fine man, but I think he's headed for one hell of a bloody struggle.

— Richard Attenborough

When it comes to politics today, the devils' not in the details; the devil's in the big picture, more often than not just hiding in plain sight.

— Marianne Williamson

One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies, is now Prime Minister.

— Alex Cox

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.

— Joe Scarborough

What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job?

— Ehud Olmert

In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

— Robert Harris

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