Weak presentation of British conservative politics at the start of WW II

Rating: 5/10 (27 February 2018)

The political play at the start of WWII was interesting. Foremost the power struggle within the Conservative party that was forced by the opposition to accept Churchill as the only acceptable conservative to lead the war cabinet as a prime minister.
The movie portrays the struggle of Churchill who favours going to war against Nazi-Germany and Halifax, who is favoured by the conservatives to become prime minister and wants a peace treaty with the Germans (which is in line with the politics of the now ill-favoured conservative Chamberlain).
In the movie Churchill finally wins both the support of his own conservative party as the support in parliament to go to war. This only after Churchill, on his way to address parliament, (a) loses all doubts he has as the common people on his spontaneous subway trip to parliament make clear that they expect England to fight Nazi-Germany and (b) after a subsequent pre-assembly with some MPs wins them over to favour the go-to-war option.
Out of the blue, after Churchill's speech, also most of the Conservatives have become pro-Churchill/pro-War.
Churchill is portrait as a eccentric, feeble person without much self confidence. For those who read some of biographic works on Churchill, or who can imagine what it may take to win and hold leadership in the political arena, Churchill is portrayed as a caricature more than a person. A shame as Oldman is a fine actor who deserved a better script.
A better script might also have lead to a more intriguing and exiting insight into political gameplay. Especially in the case of British politics between september 1939 and may 1940. Instead of attending the Oscar ceremony it might be a good idea for the script writers to go and watch movies like The Ides of March or series like House of Cards (English or US version).