Hello and welcome to Since Attlee & Churchill.

This Substack is dedicated to the brilliant, the trivial, the inspiring, the fascinating and the downright odd from post-war British politics.

What I write about.

In this Substack, I write about the dramatic events in British political history over the past seven decades or so and the remarkable cast of characters who made governing the British nation their life’s work - from Attlee and Churchill themselves, to Macmillan and Wilson, Callaghan and Thatcher, as well as many lesser known, but not less interesting, figures.

Sound like your cup of tea?

Ways to subscribe.

If you click ‘Subscribe now’ and enter your email address, you’ll receive all of my free public posts. You can see an example of one here: my feature length account of the first ever Tory leadership contest in 1965.

Or, if Labour history is more your thing, my post about the iconic Scouse MP Bessie Braddock - also free.

But there’s more!

If you take out a paid subscription, which I’ve kept at the lowest amount Substack will let me charge, then you’ll get access to regular subscriber-only posts.

These are the ones that dig deeper into the history and find the most interesting nuggets from the past. For example:

• The dramatic story of how Margaret Thatcher took on Ted Heath in 1975 to seize the Tory crown - and reshape Britain.

• Or, my history of the rules governing how much an opposition parties can work with the civil service before a general election.

And for a limited time, I’ll post everyone who takes out an annual paid subscription a free copy of a political history book I’ve really enjoyed reading recently (click Subscribe now to find out the current book I’m sending out).

Thanks so much for your interest in this Substack. I hope you will subscribe and keep in touch.

All best wishes,

Lee

@LeeDavidEvansUK