It is striking to note how the weather behaves following the deaths of former British prime ministers.

The summer following the death of 'Sunny' Jim Callaghan on March 26, 2005, was fairly decent. His death was closely followed by my personal favourite PM Ted Heath, who died on July 17 the same year, at the end of a heatwave.

The deaths of Harold Wilson on May 24, 1995, and Alec Douglas-Home on October 9, 1995, sandwiched an absolutely stunning summer - one of the best I can remember and one that is often strangely overlooked.

The death of Harold MacMillan on December 29, 1996, was followed by a decent summer, with a notably hot August.

The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer

So, perhaps Maggie could yet do some good?

On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 11:55:07 UTC+1, Big Bollox *******i wrote:

So, perhaps Maggie could yet do some good?

You are Ben Elton and I claim my five pounds.

On 09/04/2013 11:55, Big Bollox *******i wrote:

The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer

That was 1977 not '97.

So, perhaps Maggie could yet do some good?



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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:35:28 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence wrote:The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer That was 1977 not '97.

Indeed, I stand corrected. Can anyone be bothered to look back further? I wonder what effect Bonar Law's death had on the weather? Bruce?

On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 at 03:55:07, Big Bollox *******i
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

It is striking to note how the weather behaves following the deaths of
former British prime ministers.

The summer following the death of 'Sunny' Jim Callaghan on March 26,
2005, was fairly decent. His death was closely followed by my personal
favourite PM Ted Heath, who died on July 17 the same year, at the end
of a heatwave.

The deaths of Harold Wilson on May 24, 1995, and Alec Douglas-Home on
October 9, 1995, sandwiched an absolutely stunning summer - one of the
best I can remember and one that is often strangely overlooked.

The death of Harold MacMillan on December 29, 1996, was followed by a
decent summer, with a notably hot August.

The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January 14, 1997,
which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer

So, perhaps Maggie could yet do some good?

I'm sure someone must've done the 'hot where she is now' joke?
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On 09/04/13 16:40, Big Bollox *******i wrote:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:35:28 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence wrote:The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer That was 1977 not '97.

Indeed, I stand corrected. Can anyone be bothered to look back further? I wonder what effect Bonar Law's death had on the weather? Bruce?


Bonar Law died in 1923, Churchill in 1965. There are many others too:
too many to look them all up.

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

In article ,
Big Bollox *******i writes:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:35:28 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence
wrote:The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on
January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull
summer That was 1977 not '97.

Indeed, I stand corrected. Can anyone be bothered to look back
further? I wonder what effect Bonar Law's death had on the
weather? Bruce?

IIRC, Churchill died in late 1965, but the 1966 summer wasn't up to
much.

I have a theory that our severest winters coincide with England cricket
teams touring Australia. The winters of 1946-7, 1962-3 and 1978-9 all
coincided with such tours, and December 2010 also did so. Of course you
can't extrapolate back too far. There was no tour of Australia in 1683-4
or 1739-40.
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John Hall
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable
of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) to a lady cellist

On Apr 9, 6:41*pm, Hugh Newbury wrote:
On 09/04/13 16:40, Big Bollox *******i wrote:

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:35:28 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence wrote:The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer That was 1977 not '97.

Indeed, I stand corrected. Can anyone be bothered to look back further? I wonder what effect Bonar Law's death had on the weather? Bruce?

Bonar Law died in 1923, Churchill in 1965. There are many others too:
too many to look them all up.

We should have topped a couple last year.
It's never too late to kill a politician though.

Any volunteers?
I must say I enjoyed hearing the news yesterday. Pity it was decades
too late.

On 09/04/2013 16:40, Big Bollox *******i wrote:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:35:28 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence wrote:The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull summer That was 1977 not '97.

Indeed, I stand corrected. Can anyone be bothered to look back further? I wonder what effect Bonar Law's death had on the weather? Bruce?

There's a list he


"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom"

Years of birth and death are given.

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire

On 09/04/2013 21:23, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Big Bollox *******i writes:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:35:28 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence
wrote:The one exception was the death of Anthony Eden on
January 14, 1997, which was followed by a mostly cool and dull
summer That was 1977 not '97.

Indeed, I stand corrected. Can anyone be bothered to look back
further? I wonder what effect Bonar Law's death had on the
weather? Bruce?

IIRC, Churchill died in late 1965, but the 1966 summer wasn't up to
much.

Actually he died in January.

I have a theory that our severest winters coincide with England cricket
teams touring Australia. The winters of 1946-7, 1962-3 and 1978-9 all
coincided with such tours, and December 2010 also did so. Of course you
can't extrapolate back too far. There was no tour of Australia in 1683-4
or 1739-40.



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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire