Winston Churchill: Second Term, 1951 - 1955 - Advantages and disadvantages table in A Level and IB History


	Sir Winston Churchill: Second Term, of 1951 - 1955
	Advantages Had developed a good reputation for leading Britain to victory in WW2. Had an excellent campaign against Attlee’s Labour party. Voted into power at an advantageous time, economically-wise. Charismatic speaker. Under Eden’s supervision, 300,000 houses built each year, as promised in campaign.	Disadvantages Old; had health issues; a stroke in ‘53, for example. Feared nuclear war; fancied himself an ‘elder statesman’. Visited US frequently, as a result. Hardly a domestic politician. Fickle with Parties; was Conservative, then Liberal, then Conservative, again. Day-to-day governing was left to Chancellor RAB or acting PM, Eden. Three key politicians, RAB, Eden, and Macmillan, were rivals, so inter-party conflict. Eden was quite impatient for Churchill to resign. Put people into positions they unsuited to; RAB as Chancellor. Unable to accept that Britain not a superpower.
	Evaluation

Had developed a good reputation for leading Britain to victory in WW2.
Had an excellent campaign against Attlee’s Labour party.
Voted into power at an advantageous time, economically-wise.
Charismatic speaker.
Under Eden’s supervision, 300,000 houses built each year, as promised in campaign.

Old; had health issues; a stroke in ‘53, for example.
Feared nuclear war; fancied himself an ‘elder statesman’.
Visited US frequently, as a result. Hardly a domestic politician.
Fickle with Parties; was Conservative, then Liberal, then Conservative, again.
Day-to-day governing was left to Chancellor RAB or acting PM, Eden.
Three key politicians, RAB, Eden, and Macmillan, were rivals, so inter-party conflict.
Eden was quite impatient for Churchill to resign.
Put people into positions they unsuited to; RAB as Chancellor.
Unable to accept that Britain not a superpower.

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