Clement Attlee - A monologue is not a decision.

A monologue is not a decision.

Context

Attlee, then a young minister, was at a Cabinet meeting where the Prime Minister who could be very long-winded, called the meeting to reach a decision on something. He then began to frame the issue and went on and on. After a long time, young Attlee interrupted.

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Clement Richard Attlee, 1883-1967, [Viscount Prestwood], British Prime Minister (Labour), Statement at a Cabinet Meeting to then Prime Minister Winston Churchill

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About the Author

Clement Attlee

Born: January 3, 1883
Died: October 8, 1967
Nationality: British
Profession: Prime Minister

Biography

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. Attlee was the first person to hold the office of Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving under Winston Churchill in the wartime coalition government. He went on to lead the Labour Party to a landslide election victory in summer 1945 and to a narrow victory in 1950. He became the first Labour Prime Minister ever to serve a full five-year term, as well as the first to command a Labour majority in Parliament and remains the longest-ever serving Leader of the Labour Party.

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