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Liberal MP: 1904–1908. Churchill and German Kaiser Wilhelm II during a military manoeuvre near Breslau, Silesia, in 1906. In the early 1900s, as an MP for the Conservative Party, Churchill had been growing dissatisfied with the Conservative Party's approach on several key issues. On 31 May 1904, as Parliament resumed following its Whitsun ...
In 20th century politics, Winston Churchill(1874–1965) was one of the world's most influential and significant figures. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdomfrom 1940 to 1945, when he led the country to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament ...
Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill[ a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and ...
Churchill stood for the Liberals again in the 1923 general election, losing in Leicester, but over the next few months he moved towards the Conservative Party in all but name. His first electoral contest as an independent candidate, fought under the label of "Independent Anti-Socialist", was a narrow loss in a by-election in the Westminster ...
Blood, toil, tears and sweat. Churchill, protected by a military helmet, in 1940. The phrase " blood, toil, tears and sweat " became famous in a speech given by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 13 May 1940. The speech is sometimes known by that name.
Winston Churchill took over as Prime Minister on 10 May 1940, eight months after the outbreak of World War II in Europe.He had done so as the head of a multiparty coalition government, which had replaced the previous government (led by Neville Chamberlain) as a result of dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, demonstrated by the Norway debate on the Allied evacuation of Southern Norway.
In 1938, Winston Churchill was a backbench MP who had been out of government office since 1929. He was the Conservative member for Epping. [citation needed] From the mid-1930s, alarmed by developments in Germany, he had consistently emphasised the necessity of rearmament and the buildup of national defences, especially the Royal Air Force.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in 1904 when he "crossed the floor", leaving the Conservative Party and joining the Liberals.The rise of modern liberalism within the Liberal Party meant the rejection of classical laissez-faire liberalism, which had been the dominant ideology within the party.