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Arthur Neville Chamberlain served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940, during the outbreak of the Second World War. He is remembered for his support for the policy of appeasement towards Adolf Hitler through the Munich Agreement of September 1938. Returning from Munich, Chamberlain gave his “Peace with Honour – Peace for Our Time” speech. Less than a year later Britain entered the war. Find archive articles, comment and analysis related to Chamberlain written by the New Statesman’s politics experts.
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From the NS archive: Should we hang Mr Churchill or not?
22 May 1926: The General Strike need not have happened, but a group of hard-line Conservatives made sure it did.
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Letter of the week: What Chamberlain got right
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Why Neville Chamberlain will forever be discredited by his policy of appeasement
A new Netflix film, based on Robert Harris’s novel, attempts to rehabilitate the former prime minister – but his legacy…
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From the NS archive: Mr Chamberlain’s fiasco
In late 1916, Neville Chamberlain, then a successful businessman and Lord mayor of Birmingham, was asked by the Prime Minister…
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Did Neville Chamberlain create the conditions for the RAF to win the Battle of Britain?
Flying through blue sky towards London, the Luftwaffe crews were in a confident mood. It was 15 September 1940 and…
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View from Birmingham Edgbaston: will Chamberlain’s old seat turn blue once again?
Birmingham Edgbaston is a seat where even self-described “conservatives” have long voted Labour. In conversations, the explanation soon becomes clear:…
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