@GhostOnTheHalfShell @HarriettMB @Tooden @ChrisMayLA6
Churchill was a "front man" during WWII. He didn't retire. He lost the 1945 GE.
Attlee ran the country during WWII.
Attlee ensured that the country was fed.
Attlee ensured that the armed forces had munitions.
Attlee won the 1945 election and transformed the UK after it was bankrupted by WWII.
Attlee's government created the NHS, nationalised industry, revamped welfare, education, and the economy, and built > 1 million council houses
@TCMuffin @GhostOnTheHalfShell @HarriettMB @Tooden @ChrisMayLA6 also it was a 'national government' during ww2. A cross party government. And after, people wanted change. It's what they fought and struggled for.