Churchill was a great character, definitely my favourite PM, and I think if he had not taken control of Britain during the Second World War then Britain would have had an even harder struggle than it had. He had some fantastic ideas, but he also had some complete howlers. Operation Unthinkable being one of them.
He was an excellent wartime leader, however he was not such a great peacetime leader, and his re-election in the 1950s I think was more to do with the burnt out Labour party facing the spectre of the legacy of Churchill.
If he had been a US President, I suspect he would have been comparable to another favourite leader of mine, Ronald Reagan.
And a quote for Neal:
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"I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been an American and my mother British, instead of the other way round, I might have got here on my own."
- Churchill addressing the US Congress, December 1941
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I have a book of Churchill quotes in front of me which I enjoy reading through from time to time, 'The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill', a really good read if you want a good chuckle.
