Clement Attlee

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“On going to the first Party meeting after the election,” recalled Clement Attlee in his memoirs, “I had a message from Arthur Henderson that George Lansbury would be proposed as Leader and myself as Deputy.

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“On going to the first Party meeting after the election,” recalled Clement Attlee in his memoirs, “I had a message from Arthur Henderson that George Lansbury would be proposed as Leader and myself as Deputy.

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The first opportunity the British people had of choosing Winston Churchill as prime minister came in 1945, but he was defeated and Clement Attlee became prime minister.

Churchill Was Never 'Washed Up' 2011

The motley array of travelers included Clement Attlee, the former prime minister; Aneurin Bevan, his health minister; artists Stanley Spencer and Paul Hogarth; classicist Rex Warner; philosopher A.J.

They Never Got Over Yorktown Richard B. Woodward 2011

By all accounts, Clement Attlee had a brusque manner when he was prime minister.

Is Osborne fit to run the economy – or to ruin it? 2011

The agent's description that the timing coinciding with vacancies at Villa Park and Stamford Bridge had been "an unfortunate circumstance", his testament to Hughes's sincerity and portrayal of him wanting to be fair to Fulham instead of staying and "looking over his shoulder" at bigger jobs, made one think, in Clement Attlee's unimprovable rebuff, "a period of silence on your part would be welcome".

Mark Hughes is unconvincing Judas despite Joorabchian's wound-poking | Rob Bagchi 2011

Those who have noted that one of Ron Paul's greatest qualities is his humility might also be interested to know that Churchill had put down Clement Attlee, who defeated him, with the words, "A modest little man, with much to be modest about."

Ron Paul Can Win 2011

But the bureaucrats of Clement Attlee's Labour administration relented, allowing the house to remain as a festival exhibit: the typical English home.

The Festival of Britain, 60 years on 2011

Inevitably, there was always an element of myth here, as well as doubts about the centralism involved, but it was precisely by putting the national into the service that the Clement Attlee government removed the financial dimension from medical anxieties.

Medical care: The non-national health service | Editorial 2011