🎧 300 Years of British Prime Ministers: Part 3
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In the third episode of our series chronicling the history of British Prime Ministers, we travel from one of the most famous occupants of the office, Winston Churchill, right through to the current incumbent Boris Johnson and everyone in-between. For that Dan is joined by Iain Dale a well-known broadcaster, podcaster, author and editor of the recent book The Prime Ministers. They discuss, amongst other things, the Second World War, the creation of the NHS, the economic reforms of the 1980s, Brexit and how the office of Prime Minister has changed through the second half of the twentieth century to today.
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