The Tory Party at War

The British War Cabinet in the early months of WWII, November 1939. Standing (left to right): Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty), Leslie Hore-Belisha (Secretary of State for War), and Lord Hankey (Minister without Portfolio). Seated (left to right): Lord Halifax (Foreign Secretary), Sir John Simon (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Sir Samuel Hoare (Home Secretary), and Lord Chatfield (Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence). Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Goalhanger

29 May, 2025

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

55 mins

1945

1941

Post-War

Winston Churchill

1942

Civilians

Politics

1939

1943

1944

1940

Home Front

Why did the Conservative Party hate Winston Churchill at the start of WW2? How did the Guilty Men polemic affect public opinion against Chamberlain? Which Tory MP buried their Fabergé Egg in the garden? Join Al Murray as he interviews historian Kit Kowol about the Conservative Party of 1940s Britain, and how they brought about their own downfall in 1945 - even as they dreamt of a 'Blue Jerusalem' for the nation.

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