In the early 80s he got so exasperated with Labour that he joined the SDP, a move that may have been principled but proved calamitous in terms of the greasy pole, serving to distance him further from government.
Garcia, 57, can be a spellbinding orator, ruminating extemporaneously on global political and economic trends, but his calamitous first term left many deeply skeptical that he can run a government.
The result was predictable, and the country was plunged into a depression, with calamitous consequences in terms of poverty and social breakdown.
They stay in denial about what no deal means, ignoring warnings that trading on WTO terms will be calamitous – even from the likes of Pascal Lamy, a former WTO head.
Media coverage of the match was unsurprisingly negative: the BBC used terms such as "calamitous defending", "Colchester run riot", "dismal", and a "disastrous start"; journalists also speculated about Gunn's competence as a manager.
Trump has such a short-term worldview that if something calamitous does not happen immediately after he does something, it bolsters his assumption that he's bulletproof.
An exit from the euro would be calamitous for Greece, at least in the short term.
Americans may be willing to support extraordinary measures -- perhaps extralegal ones -- if they are posed in the starkest terms of protecting the nation from another calamitous attack.
However, Honohan did surprise the markets by revealing that the closure of Anglo Irish, the toxic bank that fuelled Ireland's property binge and was the catalyst for the calamitous financial crisis, is to be accelerated under the terms of the bailout.
The Parti Socialiste is bitterly split and in turmoil over whether François Hollande, with his calamitous popularity ratings will, or indeed should, stand for a second term.
