Originally Posted by SallyRand

Yeah, a "chequered" past. First Lord of The Admiralty, Chancellor of The Exchequer, Secretary of State For Air, Secretary of State For War, Minister of Munitions, President of The Board of Trade, Home Secretary, Commander, 6th Batallion, Royal Fusilers, Cornet (Second Lieutenant) in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, later Colonel, fought in the Boer War, World War I, seven honoary degrees, Nobel Prize recipient and had such a "chequered" past that he was again elected Prime Minister in 1951 and served until 1955.

Britain desperately needs someone with such a "chequered" past today to straighten out the mess that it is in today.

Sally.