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jan 17, 1957 - Harold Macmillan tells voters youve never had it so good.

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arold Macmillan earned the nickname "Supermac" for presiding over a period of relative prosperity famously telling voters "you've never had it so good". However the UK's application for membership of the EEC split his Conservative party and his handling of the Profumo Affair in which war minister John Profumo was forced to resign after an affair with a call girl was judged to be poor.

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jan 17, 1957
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~ 68 years ago