Since Attlee & Churchill

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• Why didn’t New Labour introduce electoral reform?

  October 4, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  When Tony Blair’s New Labour government came to power in 1997, it promised a referendum on changing the voting system for the House of Commons. It then appointed the political grandee Roy Jenkins to work out what an alternative might look…

• Matters of Interest: Burnham's Big Speech & Labour's Missing Working Class

  October 1, 2026 · 48 min

  This week, Lee and Richard discuss Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour Party Conference. Did it actually represent a meaningful change in Labour’s policies and politics? Or do Burnham's words simply amount to a nebulous set of promises…

• Does the Labour Party really owe more to Methodism than to Marxism?

  September 27, 2026 · 57 min

  Labour General Secretary Morgan Phillips famously claimed that the Labour Party owed more to Methodism than to Marxism. But was he right? In this episode of Since Attlee & Churchill, Richard and Lee explore the Methodist tradition and its…

• Matters of Interest: The 'Special Relationship' & A Snap Election (in British Columbia)

  September 24, 2026 · 46 min

  This week, Lee and Richard discuss the changing nature of the US–UK relationship, from Churchill and Truman to Burnham and Trump. They ask: what exactly is the “special relationship” between Britain and America? And how does it play out in…

• What made Betty Boothroyd such a successful Speaker?

  September 20, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

  Betty Boothroyd was the first woman to become Speaker of the House of Commons - and from the Speaker's chair became one of the most popular and recognisable figures in modern British politics. But what made her so successful in the role?…

• Matters of Interest: Burnham's Bishops & Canada's Conservatives

  September 17, 2026 · 42 min

  In this mid-week episode of Since Attlee & Churchill, Lee and Richard broadcast from Canada, where they've spent the week talking to politicos. Lee begins by considering what the Right in the UK, and throughout much of the West, could…

• Where have our Prime Ministers chosen as their final resting place?

  September 13, 2026 · 56 min

  This week Since Attlee & Churchill takes a funereal turn as Lee and Richard trace where each of Britain's nine deceased post-war prime ministers chose to be buried. Featuring Clement Attlee's memorial in Westminster Abbey, Winston…

• Matters of Interest: Council Tax's Fatal Flaws & The Cost-of-Living Paradox in America

  September 10, 2026 · 47 min

  In this mid week episode of Since Attlee & Churchill, recorded in the United States, Lee and Richard tackle two live debates spanning the Atlantic. First, Richard makes the case against Britain's council tax system — a tax still based on…