The Churchill Public Debate

Presented by the International History department at the LSE and Churchill Centre (UK), this debate, titled 'Was Churchill more of a progressive than a reactionary?', looks at the contradictions inherent in the prime minister's beliefs and convictions, which included social reform and a deep-seated belief in Conservatism and the Empire. How did the man often voted the Greatest Briton reconcile these positions? Speakers including one-time Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, now Lord Hurd of Westwell.