can't find anything on this, no link as usual but of the He has retired he deserves it. Our most successful politician ever. They used to say all political careers end in failure, Lord F showed us that they don't have to.
His certainly succeeded because he wanted to be the catalyst for change, but had no intention of being around (in a political sense) to deal with the consequences. Insofar as achieving his aims, he certainly was a unqualified success.
you won't see gulliver on this thread again, this thread has not become the hateathon he wanted so he'll be sulking in his mums back bedroom trying to figure out how to create an avatar and do links.