300 Years of British Prime Ministers Part 2

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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2/2. It's a big summer for British politics with Boris Johnson's resignation and the race between conservative hopefuls Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to take his place, firmly on. To make sense of this coveted premiership, we've delved into the History Hit podcast archives for our rampaging explainer on the history of British Prime Ministers. In this second episode, Dan is joined by the brilliant Robert Saunders, Reader in Modern British History at Queen Mary University of London. Together, they tackle the period following the Battle of Waterloo all the way up to Winston Churchill, including Peel, Gladstone and Lloyd George.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Audible, where you can now stream the new series of that brilliant Stephen Fry's
0:06.7	Secrets of podcast. It peaks behind the curtain of the 1920s this time. The life and times of the flappers,
0:14.1	police women, radio, the movies, jazz, the British sense of humour,
0:20.3	censorship and the secrets and lies, the financial crash. This is another installment of Stephen Fry that listeners love.
0:27.7	There are some brilliant stories in here, all told in a very Stephen Fry type of way. You're going to love it. Listen now.
0:33.5	Subscription required see audible.co.uk for terms.
0:38.6	Hi, buddy. Welcome to Dan Snow's History in the UK. We are lucky enough to be witnessing to be watching a race between two candidates
0:46.0	to be our next Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister resigned in July.
0:50.8	Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are up for the top job. They have to convince conservative party members
0:56.4	they're best lead the party and the country. I thought we'd revisit a little podcasted last year to mark the hundredth anniversary of the office of Prime Minister really.
1:04.9	And that is we go through all the prime ministers right here on the pod right here right now.
1:09.5	Part one of this little miniseries is Hannah Greg talking about 18th century.
1:14.3	She corrected my misconceptions, the men who ruled politics, always good talking to Anna. She always lets me know when I'm talking nonsense.
1:21.0	And if you're looking for part one, you can find them in the show notes below. This part takes up to Winston Churchill, battle of Waterloo to the fall of Berlin in 45. Look at that.
1:31.6	We're running as our very own Titan of the 19th century.
1:35.0	Dr Robert Saunders, he'll take us through some of the most remarkable parliamentarians in history. He's a reader of modern history at Queen Mary University of London.
1:41.8	He's a red historian on Twitter. He's one of the best people to follow. He's got spatum oxy here in the UK, but all around the world as well.
1:48.8	So to keep us entertained during his long, his endless summer waiting for the new prime minister to be announced, let's delve into this marathon of Bruce prime ministers.
1:57.3	People like Lord Liverpool, Robert Peel, Glantz and Disraily, Lloyd George Churchill. Oh, he's hard to be. Enjoy.
2:10.2	Robert, thank you very much for coming on this podcast. It's a pleasure. Thanks for inviting me.
2:15.1	We've left the office of prime minister with Spencer Percival, pretty dark days for Britain.
2:20.8	The assassinated prime minister, Napoleon at blockade, bad news, and the office of prime minister itself lots of short serving premises.
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