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| TODO: learn some history! | Churchill was born to an aristocratic family, being descendants of [[UnitedKingdom/JohnChurchill|John Churchill]]. |
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| ---- | Churchill served as a commissioner officer of the army from 1895 through 1899, seeing deployment to [[India]] and [[SouthAfrica|South Africa]]. He worked as a war correspondent and stood as the [[UnitedKingdom/ConservativeParty|Conservative]] candidate in a June 1899 [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|parliamentary]] by-election. Shortly after losing, he returned to service in January. |
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| He again ran as a Conservative in the October 1900 general elections, this time winning. He was a frequrnt critic of [[UnitedKingdom/ArthurBalfour|Balfour]] despite the party affiliation; he voted against the government's bills to raise the army's budget, institute trade protectionism, and curb Jewish immigration. Ultimately, he defected to the [[UnitedKingdom/LiberalParty|Liberals]] in 1904. | |
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| == Policies == | When [[UnitedKingdom/HerbertHenryAsquith|Asquith]] became [[UnitedKingdom/PrimeMinisters|PM]] in 1908, Churchill was appointed president of the Board of Trade. He lost his ministerial by-election, but was handed a new safe seat the following year. The most important bill he proposed in this role was the '''Trade Boards Act''' in 1909, which established boards that were empowered to litigate on behalf of workers, and created minimum wages in select industries. In 1910 he was appointed as Home Secretary; the next year he was made First Lord of the Admiralty. Churchill was deeply involved with the mobilization of the British navy at the outbreak of [[WorldHistory/WorldWar1|World War 1]]. However, he resigned after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign which he had championed. From November 1915 through May 1916, he returned to active duty military and served as a lieutenant colonel. He remained an MP throughout and returned to the Parliament. In 1917, when [[UnitedKingdom/DavidLloydGeorge|George]] became PM, he returned to government as minister of munitions. |
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was a Conservative politician, member of the Parliament, and prime minister of the United Kingdom.
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History
Churchill was born to an aristocratic family, being descendants of John Churchill.
Churchill served as a commissioner officer of the army from 1895 through 1899, seeing deployment to India and South Africa. He worked as a war correspondent and stood as the Conservative candidate in a June 1899 parliamentary by-election. Shortly after losing, he returned to service in January.
He again ran as a Conservative in the October 1900 general elections, this time winning. He was a frequrnt critic of Balfour despite the party affiliation; he voted against the government's bills to raise the army's budget, institute trade protectionism, and curb Jewish immigration. Ultimately, he defected to the Liberals in 1904.
After the Liberal landslide victory in the 1906 general elections, Churchill entered government under Campbell-Bannerman, joining the Colonial Office.
When Asquith became PM in 1908, Churchill was appointed president of the Board of Trade. He lost his ministerial by-election, but was handed a new safe seat the following year. The most important bill he proposed in this role was the Trade Boards Act in 1909, which established boards that were empowered to litigate on behalf of workers, and created minimum wages in select industries.
In 1910 he was appointed as Home Secretary; the next year he was made First Lord of the Admiralty.
Churchill was deeply involved with the mobilization of the British navy at the outbreak of World War 1. However, he resigned after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign which he had championed.
From November 1915 through May 1916, he returned to active duty military and served as a lieutenant colonel. He remained an MP throughout and returned to the Parliament. In 1917, when George became PM, he returned to government as minister of munitions.
TODO: learn some history!