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Politicians Flashcards

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Sir Robert Walpole

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First prime minister 1721-1742

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Duke of Wellington

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The Iron Duke. Became PM after winning the Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon

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Clement Attlee

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Labour prime minister 1945-1951. Created the welfare state following thr Beveridge report

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Winston Churchill

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Conservative prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-19..

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Aneurin Bevan

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Minister of Health that set up the NHS in 1948

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Harold MacMillan

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Conservative PM some time between 1951-1964. Decolonisation

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Margaret Thatcher

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Conservative PM from 1979 to 1990, privatisation, control trade unions

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John Major

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Conservative PM after Thatcher, led the Northern Ireland peace process 1990-1997

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Tony Blair

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Labour PM 1997-2007. Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly wete established

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Gordon Brown

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Labour PM 2007-2010

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David Cameron

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Conservative PM 2010-20.. leading a coalition government with Lib Dem

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