Curated playlist
Leaders of the Conservative Party (UK)
- Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson's earliest recorded ambition was to be "world king". He was born on the 19th of June 1964 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He is one of only two British prime ministers to have been an American citizen. Supporters praise…
- David CameronDavid Cameron's last words in the Commons were "I was the future once." He said them in July 2016.
- Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill escaped a prisoner-of-war camp in Pretoria by hiding on freight trains. It made him famous.
- Neville ChamberlainNeville Chamberlain waved a single sheet of paper at a crowd after signing away part of Czechoslovakia.
- Rishi SunakRishi Sunak once stood in the House of Commons and said that on the government benches, life comes at you fast. He had earned the right to say it. Within a few years he had gone from a name most voters did not know to the most powerful…
- Margaret ThatcherMargaret Thatcher kept a portrait of her chemistry tutor on the wall at 10 Downing Street.
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonWellington's mother called him her "awkward son Arthur." He later defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
- Benjamin DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli bought a controlling stake in the Suez Canal within days in 1875.
- Austen ChamberlainAusten Chamberlain won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 but never became prime minister. His half-brother Neville did.
- Kemi BadenochKemi Badenoch was born on the 2nd of January 1980 in St Teresa's Maternity Hospital in Wimbledon, south London. Her mother, Feyi Adubifa, had travelled from Nigeria for medical treatment. She returned home shortly after the birth. The…