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Governing from the Lords

Lord Norton 07/05/2008 – 9:12 am

Who was the last Prime Minister to spend most of his premiership on the benches in the House of Lords? It is a bit of a trick question.  The answer is Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee (1945-51).  The chamber of the House of Commons was destroyed by enemy bombing on 10 May 1941.  The decision was taken to re-build it on the same basis as the old chamber.  However,  the new chamber was not […]