Ernest Bevin is a character who today would have more chance of winning the lottery than entering the House of Commons and rising to a great office of state. Euan Saunders looks back at his humble origins and his rise to the top. Ernie Bevin was born in Somerset and by the age of eleven, he … Continue reading Ernie Bevin: Labour’s Working Class Warrior
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The Class of 45: Attlee’s Critical War Years
Beginning a new series on the Class of 1945, Euan Saunders takes a look at Attlee and his role in Churchill's War Cabinet Clement Attlee embodies the Labour Movement. As the first Labour Prime Minister to govern with a majority he oversaw the most transformative economic and social programme in British political history. It is … Continue reading The Class of 45: Attlee’s Critical War Years
Tides of History 