Liz Truss

Prime Minister Winston Churchill walks the deck of HMS Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Conference, 1941. Library of Congress. Public Domain.

How Does History Judge Prime Ministers?

Political reputations are forged by actions, but the long view of history can be hard to predict.

Prime Ministerial Firsts

Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female Prime Minister on May 4th, 1979. Some other firsts claimed by those occupying the country's highest office.