British prime ministers

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In 1940, Winston Churchill made a decision that may have won WW2. So why did it make him cry?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From Churchill’s great rival to Peter Mandelson: a history of British ambassadors to the US. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The ultimate Cold War sex scandal – and 11 other political outrages from British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pageantry and politics: a history of British royal visits to the US. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Winston Churchill with his wife Clementine, 1941 (Photo by Daily Herald Archive/SSPL/Getty Images)

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British prime minister Harold Wilson, March 1967. (Photo by Michael Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Prime minister Edward Heath

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Sir Graham Brady (centre), chairman of the 1922 Committee, announces that Theresa May has survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust her as party leader with a motion of no confidence

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The origins of the Conservative Party can be traced to the ‘Tory’ group in parliament which emerged in the last quarter of the 17th century and, led by Lord Bolingbroke (pictured) and Robert Harley, held power during the final years of Queen Anne’s reign. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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British prime minister Clement Attlee reading a document in his office, 27 July 1946. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Stanley Baldwin in the study at Chequers, the PM's official country residence, c1925

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Robert Walpole, the first prime minister of Great Britain

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