Greetings Lee!

 LL> At present, I am reading a biography of the great man entitled
 LL> "Churchill", by Paul Johnson.  This is a masterpiece of historical
 LL> analysis.  And only 170 pages.

 LL> The above quote, while attributed to Churchill, does not accurately
 LL> reflect his beliefs concerning economics or economic systems.

The quote wasn't about what he thought of 'socialism' outside of the
Labour Party in GB, c1924...

 LL>  He ran for office as both a liberal and a conservative,

But not at the same time. He was a conservative, turned liberal and back
to conservative again, all before ww2.

 LL>  and while in office had to deal with issues that directly affected
 LL> the British people.

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 LL> Especially as prime minister during the war.

 LL> What most people today fail to realize is that immediately following
 LL> the days of WWII the British people kicked Winston Churchill out of
 LL> office.

"Many reasons for this have been given, key among them being that a desire
for post-war reform was widespread amongst the population and that the man
who had led Britain in war was not seen as the man to lead the nation in
peace."

However, Anthony Eden, his eventual successor, didn't get the nod from
Churchill for another decade afterwards.

 LL> Which says a lot about what Britons thought about Churchill's
 LL> economic policies.

Doesn't say anything about that. Churchill was 'appointed' PM when
Chamberlain resigned that post in 1940. Churchill was appointed PM by
George VI...

 LL> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure" is not a quote about
 LL> socialism, but rather a form of capitalism known as "Boshevism" -
 LL> made popular in Russia by Vladimir Lenin and other Bolsheviks.

According to one American visitor at the time of his appointment; "He was
obviously respected. But no one felt he would be Prime Minister after the
war. He was simply the right man in the right job at the right time. The
time being the time of a desperate war with Britain's enemies."


PS - If Churchill was so unpopular, why was he re-elected PM in 1951?


    Have a day!

         R\%/itt - K5RXT

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