and you mentioned john ma'or, prime minister — power.d you mentioned john ma'or, prime minister in the 1990s. when h prime minister in the 1990s. when black wednesday happened, the big attack on the pound and it fell out of the european exchange rate mechanism, despite the chancellor throwing in those days, no independent back in england but the chancellor through british money at it, he failed. we left the european exchange rate, things calmed down and a few months later, he was sacked as chancellor. john major remained as prime ministerfor another three and a half years. that is an important _ another three and a half years. “trust is an important cautionary died. who knows what's going to happen? —— cautionary guide. there was speculation thatjohn major was about to fall when we fell out of the european exchange mechanism when he was slaughtered at the 1997 election. but he stayed in for that five year parliamentary term. despite all the feverish speculation that it would be michael heseltine, ken clark. never happened. it is very dif