After weeks of campaigning and heated television debates the United Kingdom went to the polls in the general election on Thursday 12th December. Boris Johnson was photographed just hours before the polls closed campaigning in his seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip. This month while researching for a book we uncovered fantastic images of his political idol, Sir Winston Churchill, passionately campaigning outside Uxbridge train station in the 1945 general election. The 1945 election resulted in a landslide victory for the Labour party led by Clement Attlee. In a time before rolling live…

Source: The Times December 28, 2019 00:33 UTC