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Lord North

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Last broadcast on Tue, 3 Mar 2009, 09:30 on BBC Radio 4.

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BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson explores how Britain's prime ministers have used their power, responded to the challenges of their time and made the job what it is today.

Nick asks if history has been fair to Lord North, who is remembered as the prime minister who lost America.

The Prime Ministers: Lord North

BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson asks if history has been fair to Lord North, who is remembered as the prime minister who lost America.

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  1. Tue 3 Mar 2009
    09:30

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