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Very selective knowledge of recent history
Or indeed any history at all: The Duke of Wellington strongly opposed Jewish emancipation. But some probably wouldn't class him as a 'Prime Minister' as we know it.
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You are correct...on two counts... Wellington was also opposed to Catholic Emancipation too....UCL was the first university that was not aligned to the church... Wellington's reply was to support the creation of King's College, London.
Technically, the first Prime Minister was Campbell-Bannerman (1906)....before then they could be more correctly called the 'First Minister' but most holders going back to Robert Walpole in the mid 18th century are often regarded as prime minister.
marxist_vulcan
The same could be said for Tigger, aka Hancock. He is now on record as saying, if elected, Corbyn would be the first anti-Semitic PM of the UK. Has Hancock never heard of Clement Attlee (who was probably the best prime minister of the 20th century) but was somewhat anti-Semitic. Hancock also conveniently glossed over Churchill. He may not have been anti-Semitic but most definitely racist with regard Asians and Africans. Very selective knowledge of recent history.