People Who Could've Been President If The Times Were Different

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I don't think Foot would have been a good PM for the same reasons his great friend Enoch Powell wouldn't have been a good PM: not because they were 'naive' or 'racist' respectively or whatever, but because they were so deeply principled that the concept of compromise was utterly alien to them. Sticking to your principles no matter what is an admirable quality in the abstract, but disqualifies you from being a good political leader, especially in a parliamentary system like the UK where you have to balance all the competing interests and factions within your party. It would be chaos.
 
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