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Benjamin Tillett, organiser of the Docker's Union and leader of the London Transport Worker's strike in 1911, addressing a rally of the strikers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Winston Churchill, 1941. (Photo by War Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

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A woman votes for the first time in 1918 Britain

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Mahatma Gandhi in Britain

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Churchill’s days of destiny. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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George Warleggan. (Image credit: BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

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Benito Mussolini with members of the Black shirt Legion

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British Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher faces the press outside London's Europa Hotel following her victory in the leadership election, 20 February 1975. (Photo by Frank Barratt/Keystone/Getty Images)

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