After the Leaders debate Nick clegg was hailed as as popular as Churchill.
When was Churchill Populular.
He was one of the worst Chancellors. He evenfailed to control his own finances .He was regarded by the Liberals,his original Party,as a traitor and by the Conservatives as a Pariah.
The Man who praised Mussolini”The Bulwark against Communism” but then warned against Hitler.
He only gained power in 1940 with the support of the Labour Party under Attlee and the cooperation of the T.U.C. delivered by Ernie Bevin.
He then led the most beauraucratic socialist government the world had ever seen outside the Soviet Union.
In 1945 he was removed from office and when he regained it in 1951 he still lost the poular vote. When was Churchill popular ?