I am surprised Winston Churchill has not had a mention yet. Now there was a hands on man.
Sending troops to Tonypandy to sort out striking miners.
Sending   troops to end the sidney street siege
Creating the Dardenelles fiasco WW1
mobilising blackleg labour to break the dock strike in the 20's
He is reputed to have said during the General Strike: "a little blood-letting" would be all to the good
Recommending using poison gas on Iraquis
All this before becoming Prime Minister.

No wishy washy PC behaviour from him. He saw the problem and pursued the solution. Even during his wilderness years his rhetoric was a force to be reckoned with.

Today he would be treated as a pariah. He was a man of his time.