Since Attlee & Churchill
By Lee David Evans & Richard Johnson
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The podcast about post-war British politics - since Attlee & Churchill. Hosted by Lee David Evans, an historian of the Conservative Party, and Richard Johnson, an historian of the Labour Party.
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Matters of Interest: The Risks of Being a 'Traitor' & Uncovering Party Members
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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What lessons can we learn from the longest-lived MP?
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Matters of Interest: Labour's Historic Fight for Jury Trials & Badenoch's Barons
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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What happened when the Queen and six of her Prime Ministers met for dinner?
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Matters of Interest: Live Q&A
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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The Heath vs Wilson Elections (Episode 4 of 4): The October 1974 General Election
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Matters of Interest: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The Heath vs Wilson Elections (Episode 3 of 4): The February 1974 General Election
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Our Politicians at Christmas
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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The Heath vs Wilson Elections (Episode 2 of 4): The 1970 General Election
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Burnham's Path to Parliament & Do Parties Need to Make Pacts?
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The Heath vs Wilson Elections (Episode 1 of 4): The 1966 General Election
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Expelling Peers & the Lib Dems
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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How did Jeremy Corbyn win the Labour leadership?
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Grounds for Resignation & Badenoch's Big Week
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Did the 1981 Budget really transform Britain's economy?
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Removing the Labour Leader & Volatile Local Elections
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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How did Neil Kinnock defeat Militant?
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Refurbishing Number 10 & The Crisis of Reading
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Who achieved 'the most significant by-election success ever’?
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: BBC Neutrality & Net Zero
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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How did war shape our politicians?
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Politicians Changing Names & Funding Political Parties
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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How did the MPs' expenses scandal unfold?
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: The size of the Civil Service, Digital ID & Compulsory Voting
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Why was Britain absent from the EU's beginning?
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: 'Are the old Political Parties over?' & Thatcher's Legacy
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Did Margaret Thatcher have to resign as Prime Minister?
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Political Awareness, Party Memberships & Public Loos
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Was Barbara Castle Labour's Iron Lady?
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Matters of Interest: Tory Conference, ECHR & Churchill's Boozy Prescription
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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The Crucible of Conference (Episode 2 of 2): The Conservatives' 2005 Party Conference
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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The Crucible of Conference (Episode 1 of 2): Labour's 1952 Party Conference
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Why did John Major resign (and then stand again for) the Tory leadership?
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Labour Lives Cut Short (Episode 3 of 3): John Smith
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Labour Lives Cut Short (Episode 2 of 3): Anthony Crosland
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Labour Lives Cut Short (Episode 1 of 3): Hugh Gaitskell
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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How did Churchill use Chartwell to change the course of history?
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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"Alice, who the **** is Alice?"
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Bonus: What was it like working for Ted Heath?
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Whatever happened to the Young Conservatives?
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Was 'Black Wednesday' actually a good day for Britain?
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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The Attlee vs Churchill Elections (Episode 3 of 3): The 1951 General Election
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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The Attlee vs Churchill Elections (Episode 2 of 3): The 1950 General Election
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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The Attlee vs Churchill Elections (Episode 1 of 3): The 1945 General Election
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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What happened when Tony Blair cut benefits for single mums?
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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What were the Kennedys up to in Britain?
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Why did Stanley Baldwin secretly donate 20% of his wealth to the nation?
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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How did 'Women Against the Common Market' try to keep Britain out of Europe?
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Was Eden right about Suez after all?
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Did Labour choose the wrong Miliband brother?
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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How did Viscount Stansgate become Tony Benn MP?
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May 25, 2025 |
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Does Michael Foot deserve a kinder verdict from historians?
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May 18, 2025 |
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Do private members clubs still matter in British politics?
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May 11, 2025 |
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Which foreign leaders should be invited to address Parliament?
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May 05, 2025 |
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Are prime ministerial resignation honours an embarrassment?
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Could 'English Socialism' save the Labour Party?
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Ernest Marples MP - a visionary, a scoundrel, or both?
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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What is the socialist case for monarchy?
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Was this the most explosive Tory conference ever?
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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What lessons can be learned from a political maverick?
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Did Edward Heath deserve the name 'The Incredible Sulk'?
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Who was Labour's greatest champion of overseas aid?
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Have confidence votes been a disaster for the Tory party?
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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What use is the House of Lords, anyway?
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Who are the best political heroes?
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Whatever happened to Labour Zionism?
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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How did Margaret Thatcher take over the Conservative Party?
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Why did Soviet premier Nikita Khruschev say, if he were British, he'd vote Conservative?
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Which U.S. Presidents were the favourites of British monarchs?
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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What happened to the grace and favour house for women ministers?
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Who was the Macmillanite in the Thatcher Cabinet?
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Why did the 1964 Labour government get off to such a bad start?
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Did the late Queen secretly reference a Prime Minister's illness in her Christmas speech?
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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What happened to Peter Shore's Labour Party?
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Could Harold Macmillan have been a Labour prime minister?
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Dec 16, 2024 |