Looking back on a political legacy

Political Editor Harry McGee finds former British leader John Major in a reflective mood.

JOHN MAJOR in retrospective mode. Ten years, 15 years, after an event that he was instrumental in shaping, he elucidates a longer view, puts the record straight, sets out the context.

The former British prime minister is keen to stress how perception often eclipses reality, of how (wrong) interpretations of his views and positions assumed gospel status.