This handsome drama works hard to tell an old story in new ways, rendering Churchill's early prime ministerial career as a minefield of political peril, and considering the women in his life, particularly his wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) and secretary (Lily James). (theguardian.com)
Loss of his marginal seat in 1945, followed a few months later by his re-election for the safe seat of Bromley, was the base for his successful ministerial career after 1951 - housing, the Foreign Office and the Treasury. (totalpolitics.com)
And with good reason, according to Peter Allen, a political scientist whose work looks at ministerial careers at Birkbeck. (politics.co.uk)