🎧 Britain's Worst Prime Minister
Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧 • 30m
Could Liz Truss be Britain's worst Prime Minister? As the political scene in the UK hurtles into further disarray, Dan gets together historians Tim Bale, Catherine Haddon and Robin Eagles to put forward who they think has been Britain's worst Prime Minister over the centuries. Anthony Eden, Edward Heath and the 3rd Earl of Bute contend for first place.
This episode was produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.
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