The Since Attlee & Churchill Substack is back!
After a few months' break while I was writing a book on Tory leadership elections (don’t worry: if you’re a paid subscriber, your subscription was paused/extended), the Since Attlee & Churchill Substack is back with new, regular posts on British political history since 1945.
Whilst the Substack has been on pause, Richard and I have been continuing with the Since Attlee & Churchill podcast, including a recent series on the Attlee vs Churchill elections (1945, 1950 and 1951).
We were thrilled with the response these podcasts received - they were by far and away our most popular episodes yet - and you can listen to them all here:
Episode 1: The 1945 Election | Listen on Apple | Listen on Spotify
Episode 2: The 1950 Election | Listen on Apple | Listen on Spotify
Episode 3: The 1951 Election | Listen on Apple | Listen on Spotify
As a bonus for Since Attlee & Churchill subscribers, we’re relaunching the Substack with an extra episode on the 1955 election. This wasn’t an election in which Attlee and Churchill fought it out, but came immediately after Churchill’s resignation, leaving Attlee to take on Anthony Eden for the tenancy of 10 Downing Street.
Was it the most gentlemanly and consensual election of the post-war era? Was Attlee too old and knackered to lead his party? Was Eden cynical to suggest a Labour government might bring back rationing? And what did this election mean for the future of British politics? We discuss all those questions - and more.
We hope you enjoy listening.
About the hosts:
Lee David Evans is an historian of the Conservative Party and the John Ramsden Fellow at the Mile End Institute, Queen Mary, University of London. He is on social media at @LeeDavidEvansUK.
Richard Johnson is a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and among his other areas of expertise is an historian of the Labour Party. He tweets at @richardmarcj.
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