Forget real history, it might be good

Rating: 5/10 (7 February 2018)

Couldn't be bothered watching this through, if it was make believe it'd be very good I presume. Well acted, well shot, well off in everything relating to true events. Opening scenes in the House refer to the debate following the Norway fiasco, yet fail to portray the real actors in Chamberlains downfall, Lloyd George and Amery. Churchill's absence has more to do with the failures of the First Lord of the admiralty who was the propagator of that - guess who. Next we have Chamberlain at dinner with party friends saying he'll resign, everyone suggests Halifax, he declines ??? Reality - Chamberlain asked Churchill if he saw any reason why a Lord could not lead the house of commons, Churchill silently kept staring out the window, his time had come. He was a great inspirational leader, but Brookes his CIGS ( head of General staff ) was a real hero just reigning in Churchill's wild ideas. Churchill was responsible for the Gallipoli landings in WW1, the fiasco of Norway in WW2, and the soft underbelly which became the tough old gut - Italy. He was a great man as leader at that time, but we all have flaws. Footnote - Neville Chamberlain - the most maligned man ever took the fall when war broke out, before that he was popular for keeping the peace.