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Old 09-15-2010, 11:35 AM  
roly
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Originally Posted by SallyRand View Post
Missed this one! Got an elderly friend who as a child in London was moved to the country along with thousands of other children during the Bitz. I think the Brits forget too soon but remember, they voted out Churchill after he had helped win the war for them.

Sally.
churchill was a GREAT wartime leader but that doesn't mean he would have been a great peacetime one. he was replaced by clement atlee who was one of the best british peacetime leaders of the 20th century who created amongst other things the NHS (socialised medicine) soon after the end of the war.

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