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Oct 18, 2010 · Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, retires as prime minister of Great Britain.
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Jul 20, 2010 · In the 11th hour of World War II, Winston Churchill is forced to resign as British prime minister following his party’s electoral defeat by the Labour Party. It was the first general election...
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Apr 5, 2019 · Winston Churchill, who led Great Britain in an alliance with the United States and the Soviet Union that defeated the Axis powers in World War II, resigned on this day as prime minister....
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The magnitude of the loss was historic. The Labour Party received 47.7% of the vote, compared to the Conservatives’ 36.2% and the Liberal party’s 9%. This was a crushing blow for the Tories. Due to Churchill’s immense personal popularity, he was easily reelected in his Woodford constituencyin Essex, but his party was decimated. Labour had a massive...
Until the last few days before the vote was held, Churchill and much of the country had been firmly convinced that he and his party would be returned to power with a large majority. On occasion, however, Churchill realized that he had little to contribute to the raging debate about the future of British society. “I have no message for them,” he sai...
Except for the years 1924 and 1929-31, Britain had been led by Conservative governments for more than two decades. The Tories could hardly avoid being seen as responsible for the high unemployment and miserable social and economic conditions of these years, especially because the conditions continued well into the 1950s. The Conservatives were also...
After the war the Coalition Government broke up and Winston Churchill resigned the office of prime minister on 23 May 1945. He was immediately asked by the King to form a new government and his...
The outgoing prime minister and great wartime leader Winston Churchill tendered his resignation immediately. The landslide victory comes as a major shock to the Conservatives following Mr...
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The British public was elated but very weary of war. Churchill easily won his seat in Parliament for Woodford, but the Conservatives were thrown out of office. He would resign the office of Prime Minister to make way for Clement Attlee and the Labour Party.
