Does it surprise you that Winston Churchill would say this?
No. As for context: if the date I've found for when he said it is right (1948), he'd just lost an election (in 1945) to Clement Atlee, who was heading up a Labour administration that was the most socialist government the UK has had (programmes of nationalisation; setting up the NHS, etc.). Churchill will lose again in 1950, although Atlee has a much reduced majority and Labour lose power in 1951 (Churchill becomes PM again).
"Politics of envy" is a phrase often heard from Conservatives politicians here to describe redistributive Labour policies, so it's not surprising, although interesting, to discover that they're nodding to Churchill when they say it.
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No. As for context: if the date I've found for when he said it is right (1948), he'd just lost an election (in 1945) to Clement Atlee, who was heading up a Labour administration that was the most socialist government the UK has had (programmes of nationalisation; setting up the NHS, etc.). Churchill will lose again in 1950, although Atlee has a much reduced majority and Labour lose power in 1951 (Churchill becomes PM again).
"Politics of envy" is a phrase often heard from Conservatives politicians here to describe redistributive Labour policies, so it's not surprising, although interesting, to discover that they're nodding to Churchill when they say it.