• Who are the best political heroes?

  • Feb 16 2025
  • Length: 51 mins
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Who are the best political heroes?

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  • Most politicians have at least one hero, someone in whose footsteps they hope to walk and whose achievements they hope to emulate. In this episode, Richard and Lee discuss whom senior Conservative and Labour politicians have named as their heroes - from the sublime to the occasionally ridiculous - and also share their own political lodestars.

    In this episode, the following books are mentioned:

    'Loyalists and Loners' by Michael Foot. Available at: https://amzn.to/3CUo9of

    'A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism' by Nelson Lichtenstein & Judith Stein. Available at: https://amzn.to/4hC484Y

    'Politics on the Edge' by Rory Stewart. Available at: https://amzn.to/4hDiQsv

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    Since Attlee & Churchill is the podcast all about post-war British political history, hosted by:

    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 @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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