Harold Macmillani
Born 10 Feb 1894

Macmillan's premiership is bracketed by two cabinet moments. In January 1958 his entire Treasury team, Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch, resigned over spending, and he dismissed it as 'little local difficulties'. In July 1962 he sacked a third of his cabinet in a single day, the 'Night of the Long…

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