The Global Stakes of Hungary’s Pivotal Election

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-global-stakes-of-hungarys-pivotal-election

Robert Peel's father was keen for him to do well in the political arena and bought him his Commons seat. It’s said that he told him, “Bob, you dog, if you do not become Prime Minister someday I’ll disinherit you”. 10 facts about a former PM.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/02/5-february-sir-robert-peel.html

#RobertPeel #BirthAnniversary #Politics #History #PrimeMinisters

Here is the rock group #PrimeMinisters from #Ecuador.

https://youtu.be/iFqt4RpEFSE
https://youtu.be/_2MXg7zxncw
https://youtu.be/k9YP2RnB0sc
https://youtu.be/m7rJBD8uNZo
#LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

This equals about 8 Tory #Primeministers in the #UK!

From: @purplepadma
https://beige.party/@purplepadma/115328757312501455

_The Evening Post_, 16 May 1925:
MR. MASSEY’S DEATH

The first news which some Wellington residents had of the #death of the late Mr. #Massey was conveyed to them by wireless. The Prime Minister’s death was announced by the local broadcasting station, #2YK, when it opened up for the usual Sunday concert, and the programme was commenced with Chopin’s “Funeral March.” Even earlier than that, those who happened to be listening to #1YB, which was transmitting a church service, heard the announcement from that city. On Thursday evening 2YK opened up at 7 o’clock, and gave a special concert of a character appropriate to the day of the late Prime Minister’s funeral. The first item was the repetition by the Rev. G. Millar, of Dunedin, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, of the funeral oration he had given earlier in the day. The delivery was admirable, and those who heard it, transmitted with perfect clarity, must have been much impressed and touched.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250516.2.159.2

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Broadcasting #Radio #PrimeMinisters #Funerals #Orations #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 14 May 1925:
JOURNEY BEGINS
BORNE DOWN THE STEPS
HIS COLLEAGUES BESIDE HIM
AFFECTING DEPARTURE.
It was now past the half-hour after noon. The Ministers entered the building again to prepare for the final exit of their leader from the restlessness of the political stage.…
…
… The members of the funeral party took their seats in the long line of cars stretching right round the whole Parliamentary block.
There was a slight pause, and then almost on the stroke of 1 o’clock, with a little puff of smoke from its running engine, the hearse slowly began to move down the driveway, followed by the long procession of cars. The band struck up a new air, as of triumph over mortality, and thus, as it were, with a note of good cheer Parliament bade farewell to its long-time leader on his journey to a place where there are no debates and no divisions, and where the only majority is the Great Majority of those who have gone that way before.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250514.2.90.3
Biography in DNZB https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2m39/massey-william-ferguson

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #PrimeMinisters #Massey #Funerals #NewZealand