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#OTD 1945. Victory in Europe Day. Britain rejoices after ‘the people have fought and endured five years, eight months and four days of the bloodiest war in history’How 'the people'

#OTD 1997. Labour Landslide. On a swing of 8.8%, Labour win 418 seats giving Tony Blair a majority of 179. In their worst election defeat since 1906 the Conservative's retain

#OTD 1922. Clement Attlee makes Commons Maiden Speech on the "absolute folly" of unemployment:"You are today in this country ruining future generations as you have ruined the present generation. It

#OTD 1959. General Election. Shock as Labour suffer third defeat in a row and 'SuperMac' triumphs Despite Suez - and eight years of Conservative rule - voters agree that 'they've

#OTD 1959. In Hampstead, Labour's Dr David Pitt has election hustings interrupted by a White Defence League protestThey shout ‘Keep England White’ and ‘We don’t want England a dumping ground

#OTD 1981. Denis Healey beats Tony Benn to the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party Healey secures the victory by 50.426% to 49.547% after a bitter six month battleA thread

#OTD 1992. Britain exits the ERM on ‘Black Wednesday’.John Smith claims that John Major is “the devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government”The Sun goes with “Now we’ve ALL been

#OTD 1948. Death of the Labour MP Evan Durbin as he drowns saving his familyOne of the bright stars of Labour’s 1945 intake, Durbin had been PPS to Gaitskell and

#OTD 1945. Landslide. Attlee becomes first PM to lead a majority Labour Government. After winning a 146 seat majority, he says "It will give heart to all those all the

As commentators predict a 100 seat Tory victory, Churchill is jeered and cheered by thousands, with one boy throwing a firecracker at him. In Blackburn, Barbara Castle is wary about

#OTD 1945. Churchill is booed at Walthamstow Stadium as sections of the crowd chant ‘We want Labour’The Tory candidate responds: 'I am sure they are going to get a thrashing

#OTD 2007. Tony Blair steps down as Prime Minister after his final PMQs.‘Some people may belittle politics, but we in here know it is where people stand tall. It is