Greetings Lee!   
      
    LL> At present, I am reading a biography of the great man entitled   
    LL> "Churchill", by Paul Johnson.  This is a masterpiece of historical   
    LL> analysis.  And only 170 pages.   
      
    LL> The above quote, while attributed to Churchill, does not accurately   
    LL> reflect his beliefs concerning economics or economic systems.   
      
   The quote wasn't about what he thought of 'socialism' outside of the   
   Labour Party in GB, c1924...   
      
    LL>  He ran for office as both a liberal and a conservative,   
      
   But not at the same time. He was a conservative, turned liberal and back   
   to conservative again, all before ww2.   
      
    LL>  and while in office had to deal with issues that directly affected   
    LL> the British people.   
      
   [????]   
      
    LL> Especially as prime minister during the war.   
      
    LL> What most people today fail to realize is that immediately following   
    LL> the days of WWII the British people kicked Winston Churchill out of   
    LL> office.   
      
   "Many reasons for this have been given, key among them being that a desire   
   for post-war reform was widespread amongst the population and that the man   
   who had led Britain in war was not seen as the man to lead the nation in   
   peace."   
      
   However, Anthony Eden, his eventual successor, didn't get the nod from   
   Churchill for another decade afterwards.   
      
    LL> Which says a lot about what Britons thought about Churchill's   
    LL> economic policies.   
      
   Doesn't say anything about that. Churchill was 'appointed' PM when   
   Chamberlain resigned that post in 1940. Churchill was appointed PM by   
   George VI...   
      
    LL> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure" is not a quote about   
    LL> socialism, but rather a form of capitalism known as "Boshevism" -   
    LL> made popular in Russia by Vladimir Lenin and other Bolsheviks.   
      
   According to one American visitor at the time of his appointment; "He was   
   obviously respected. But no one felt he would be Prime Minister after the   
   war. He was simply the right man in the right job at the right time. The   
   time being the time of a desperate war with Britain's enemies."   
      
      
   PS - If Churchill was so unpopular, why was he re-elected PM in 1951?   
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
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