Place that Conservative face
Thirty nine academics from the Political Studies Association placed the Conservative leaders as follows:
1. Winston Churchill (1940-55)
2. Margaret Thatcher (1975-90)
3. Harold Macmillan (1957-63)
4. David Cameron (2005 to date)
5. Edward Heath (1965-75)
6. John Major (1990-97)
7. William Hague (1997-2001)
8. Alec Douglas-Home (1963-65)
9. Michael Howard (2003-05)
10 Anthony Eden (1955-57)
11. Iain Duncan Smith (2001-03)
In our poll of activists, the positions of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher were reversed.
1. Margaret Thatcher (1975-90)
2. Winston Churchill (1940-55)
3. David Cameron (2005 to date)
4. William Hague (1997-2001)
5. Harold Macmillan (1957-63)
6. John Major (1990-97)
7 Michael Howard (2003-05)
8. Alec Douglas-Home (1963-65)
9. Anthony Eden (1955-57)
10. Iain Duncan Smith (2001-03)
11. Edward Heath (1965-75)
I'm Michael Crick, and I'm Newsnight's political editor. My guiding rule is that in any story there's usually something the politicians would prefer the world not to know. My job is to find that out.
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