Historians blast BBC for ‘unbalanced’ News At Ten report claiming Churchill was responsible for ‘mass killing’ of up to three million in 1943 Bengal famine Report on Tuesday examined how Indians view Britain’s wartime prime minister Accused of responsibility for mass killing and ‘prioritising white lives’ in famine But historians suggested the BBC report had … Read more
Now civil servants claim they ‘do not feel comfortable’ with a Treasury room named after Winston Churchill A Treasury room is named after former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill Civil servants are uncomfortable with the name and have complained about it Rishi Sunak has defended the name of the room due to its historical significance … Read more
Boris Johnson has been urged to channel his hero Winston Churchill by capping care costs for the elderly at £45,000. Economist Sir Andrew Dilnot, who first proposed a cap nine years ago, said England’s creaking social care system is a ‘stain on us as a nation’, forcing thousands to pay sky-high bills for their care. … Read more
Of all the memorable speeches delivered by Winston Churchill, none was more influential than his 1946 address at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Although Churchill was no longer Prime Minister by then, the speech threw out phrases that would echo down the years. Describing a new post-war division of the world between East and West, … Read more
Winston Churchill’s chauffeur’s fascinating archive including police instructions on where to pick up the PM during WWII are discovered in JIGSAW box about to be thrown away Forgotten stash of wartime memorabilia found in jigsaw box set to be thrown out Collection includes instructions on where and when the PM was to be picked up … Read more
The statues dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela emerged once again in Parliament Square today after workers removed the metal boards covering the iconic leaders on the same day the French President made his visit to the capital. Construction workers, dressed in protective clothing and equipped with harnesses, set to work removing each of … Read more
The Mail on Sunday today calls on our readers to help block any attempt to remove the statue of Sir Winston Churchill from outside the Houses of Parliament. Our petition urges Boris Johnson to make a public pledge that the monument to Britain’s celebrated wartime leader will never be moved after it was attacked by … Read more
‘Bring down Winston Churchill’s statue!’ Black Lives Matter organiser calls for ‘offensive’ memorial of wartime leader to be removed and put into a museum Imarn Ayton, a figurehead of BLM movement, feels the Churchill statue must go As a compromise she feels it should be placed into a museum, not in the streets ‘Any statues … Read more
The deafening explosion that lit up the night sky over Tehran in the early hours of December 1, 1943, was heard across the Iranian capital. It would surely have been noticed by Winston Churchill, a notorious light sleeper, over in the British Embassy, although he might not have immediately realised its grim significance. The previous … Read more
London‘s mayor was accused of caving in to mob rule last night by covering up Winston Churchill’s statue. Sadiq Khan is shielding key public monuments – including the Cenotaph – ahead of anti-racism protests on Saturday. But Priti Patel called on the mayor to uncover the bronze sculpture immediately. ‘We should free Churchill, a hero of … Read more