Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London and author of ‘The Conservatives since 1945’, told Express.co.uk: “Churchill as party leader tended to stay above the arguments that were going on among his lieutenants – particularly with regard to policy, which he regarded as secondary to his own appeal and that of the Conservative Party more general as the key to winning elections.”
So how does Boris’ current political challenges compare to Winston’s?
Professor Bale added: “There are some parallels – both men could be said to arouse the passions of their opponents and their supporters in equal measure, and both could be said to face a Labour Party committed to a radical, socialist vision of the country at odds with the Conservative Party’s more market-focused ideas of how it should be run.”
