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"No, because I do my sums with matchsticks."

— Alec Douglas-Home

January 1, 1970

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Asked whether he could become Prime Minister in an interview with The Observer in 1962. The comment was taken to refer to his lack of economic ability.

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Asked whether he could become Prime Minister in an interview with The Observer in 1962. The comment was taken to refer to his lack of economic ability.