John Cleese (Socialist Defeat)

John Cleese was Prime Minister of the UK from 1984-1987 under the Liberal Party.

John Cleese was always interested in politics but struggled to get far due to his arrogant personality. He is viewed as uptight and traditional, his distain for satire was ironically poked fun at.

In March 1985 the British and French governments agreed to co-operate on the construction of a tunnel under the English Channel to link the two countries. In April the "Anglo-French Cross-Channel Tunneling Concern" was founded, and began drawing up plans for the massive project, the first of its kind in the world.

In May 1985 Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh headed east by the Royal Yacht, bound for China. This was to be the first state visit to China by a British monarch, and was designed to improve relations between the two nations. The Queen and Duke visited various places in China, including the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, and met with the former Emperor Pujie of China.

In 1986 Cleese officially abolished the death penalty in a last minute attempt to pick up votes. It was on permanent suspension since 1961. He always knew he couldn’t beat Heseltine so since 1984 had endorsed Ashdown as his successor. When the nation went to the polls in 1987 Heseltine easily won in a landslide.