Former Conservative British Prime Minister John Major (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

The Major problem

What is his legacy — if, indeed, he has one

Artillery Row Podcast

Was John Major’s premiership “continuity Thatcher”, something distinctive in its own right or just a long period of undistinguished drift from which Blairism offered escape? Professor Jeremy Black and The Critic’s deputy editor, Graham Stewart, assess what Major wanted and what he got.

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