- Reputation gained during WWII.
- Was not a great Prime Minister between 1951-1955
- Named an "absentee" PM - was either abroad or ill.
- Concentrated more on international politics, so left the day-to-day running of the country to Eden, Macmillan and Butler.
Anthony Eden
- Rising political star from the 1930's.
- Key role in Churchill's wartime government.
- Eden was acting PM when Churchill was absent between 1951-1955.
- He felt annoyed that Churchill hadn't already stepped down.
- Churchill may have had doubts about Eden - they had a strained relationship.
- Became PM in 1955 after Churchill resigned.
- Eden was forced to resign after the Suez Crisis - his career ended in failure.
Harold Macmillan
- Star politician
- He was Churchill's military liaison officer.
- He gained his reputation in 1951 when he became the housing minister - he built 300,000 houses per year.
- Became foreign secretary when Eden became PM.
- Macmillan took over the Conservative party when Eden resigned.
- He was clever with the media who tended to be on his side.
- Was the first PM to utilise TV.
- Newspapers called him "Supermac."
- He had a theatrical style and was in touch with public opinion.
- Labour party was a mess during his time.
- Famous for saying that Britain "had never had it so good."
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