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Winston Churchill Probably Thought This About Modern Politics...

Here's What Churchill Would Have Made Of Modern Politics...
The Huffington Post UK
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With Saturday marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill, some may wonder what the former British prime minister would have thought of politics if he was around today.

A brilliant statesman, he was considered a hero by many for leading the country to victory over Nazi Germany... and a villain by some. And going back over his statements and utterances, HuffPost UK presents what he could have thought about the big issues of the day.

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What Would Churchill Think About...
He'd not have been afraid to cut spending (01 of06)
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Churchill said in 1950 that "it is intolerable that any new taxes should be imposed at a time like this", and suggested savings should be made by "economies in Government expenditure and not by additions to taxation". He also famously said "for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up". (credit:IWM/Getty Images via Getty Images)
He'd not have been a fan of gay marriage(02 of06)
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For a man who once scoffed "one might as well legalise sodomy as recognise the Bolsheviks," Churchill would have likely understood the Tory grassroots' discomfort about gay marriage. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
What about Europe? (03 of06)
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Churchill's exact view on the European Union is open to contention, as the man who forecast the "United States of Europe" also seemed to set out how a UK should be independent."We are with Europe but not of it; we are linked but not compromised. We are associated but not absorbed. If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea," he said. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
He'd certainly have out-Ukipped Ukip on immigration(04 of06)
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Churchill had a blunt view of how to handle immigration from the rest of the Commonwealth, according as former Tory premier Harold Macmillan in his diaries, telling colleagues: "Keep England White" is a good slogan." (credit:Daily Herald Archive via Getty Images)
He'd have cherished the special relationship...(05 of06)
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If you thought Tony Blair was too friendly with George Bush, Churchill previously told people: "I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough." (credit:Fox Photos via Getty Images)
But he may well have got with the times(06 of06)
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Churchill portrayed himself as an arch-moderniser, so may well have been flexible with his views. As he told MPs in 1940: "Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future." (credit:CLOVER/AP)
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