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The Rest Is History

36. Our Greatest Prime Minister

The Rest Is History

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4.626.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In our last episode we debated the merits of British Prime Ministers through the centuries. But who was voted the best of all by the public and why? Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss the men who made it through to the final stages of our Prime Ministers’ World Cup and analyse the public voting patterns which led to the final outcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to the Restus History, in the second of our special podcast, looking

0:14.7

back at the sporting event of the season, the Restus History Prime Minister's World Cup.

0:19.6

Now, in the first podcast, we look back at the first round of games, most of which went

0:24.0

entirely as expected.

0:26.0

But then, thanks to the indefaticable Jonathan Wilson, who did the draw for us and did

0:31.1

a bit of mid-tournament punditry, the draw threw up some Titanic clashes in the quarter

0:38.1

finals and we had more than a few shocks.

0:40.7

Tom Holland, this was the real business end of the tournament, wasn't it?

0:44.2

When he gets the quarter finals, the blood is flowing, the heart is pumping, there's

0:49.3

that immense sense of tension in the air, you must have loved it.

0:52.9

I really did.

0:53.9

And of course, what the fans are all talking about, a clash for the ages, was the match that

1:01.4

we knew if it came about was going to be, because we're talking about one of probably the

1:07.1

greatest rivalry in Prime Ministerial sporting history, Benjamin, Israeli against William

1:13.0

Uitt Gladstone, it was the draw that people wanted to happen and it happened, amazing, just

1:24.8

thank you, lady luck.

1:25.8

It was a great match, actually, wasn't it?

1:26.8

It was a great match, because who took the lead?

1:28.7

Gladstone took the lead, I think, didn't he?

1:30.6

Yeah, Gladstone took the lead.

1:31.8

And then, it Israeli came back and it Israeli went into the lead and held the lead for

1:36.3

a hell of a long time.

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