LONDON STATUES - BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
LONDON STATUES - BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS There have been fifty-eight British Prime Ministers and it is the nature of the beast that few of them leave office with enhanced reputations. So it is hardly surprising that not many have been honoured with public statues. Wellington and Churchill are the obvious exceptions. But they are remembered more for their leadership in times of conflict rather than political innovation. In fact both, from aristocratic families, had little interest in reforms to benefit the hoi polloi. So below, with a couple of exceptions, are all the public statues of British Prime Ministers I could find in locations freely accessible in London. Others exist in places where there is an admission charge, notably the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. Given my knowledge of British history is sketchy - not part of my 1960s O level syllabus - I got a bit carried away...