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For starters, he standardized crumpet width at a time when shoddy "ultra-thin" knockoffs were flooding the export markets. Sure, it was just crumpets, but if he hadn't fixed that, the scones, iron-mongers, and even those wee cucumber sandwiches they serve at tea would surely have followed.
Secondly, making Cockney Rhyming Slang the official tongue of the realm was simply brilliant. It led to the most massive flowering of literature since Shakespeare's day, the "Guv'ner's Renaissance." It was also an important step towards the eventual creation of Andy Capp.
Often overlooked among his accomplishments is the unique coalition government he formed between himself, the Earl of Thames and Mr. Darcy. Nobody else before or since would have had the political skill to pull that off. And that's leaving out Tiggybottom's considerable skills as an orator. Who hasn't been moved by reading his "a boiled hunk of perfectly good beef in every pot for some reason OH GOD IT'S HORRIBLE" speech?
Hmph...Clement Atlee my ass.
Secondly, making Cockney Rhyming Slang the official tongue of the realm was simply brilliant. It led to the most massive flowering of literature since Shakespeare's day, the "Guv'ner's Renaissance." It was also an important step towards the eventual creation of Andy Capp.
Often overlooked among his accomplishments is the unique coalition government he formed between himself, the Earl of Thames and Mr. Darcy. Nobody else before or since would have had the political skill to pull that off. And that's leaving out Tiggybottom's considerable skills as an orator. Who hasn't been moved by reading his "a boiled hunk of perfectly good beef in every pot for some reason OH GOD IT'S HORRIBLE" speech?
Hmph...Clement Atlee my ass.
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