Vernon Bogdanor talks to Andrew Blick

One of Britain’s best known constitutional and political historians Professor Sir Vernon Bogdanor picks out six post-war politicians who he says changed Britain more than any prime minister.

Bogdanor selects three from the left, Aneurin Bevan, Roy Jenkins and Tony Benn, and three from the right, Enoch Powell, Keith Joseph, and Nigel Farage. He looks at how they achieved prominence and influence and how they came to dominate the political landscape for years. Bogdanor says each made a fundamental contribution to Britain’s future and its democracy, and the issues that dominated their lives, including immigration, Europe and the NHS, are still relevant today.

Bogdanor is professor of government at the Institute of Contemporary British History, King’s College, London. His previous books include Beyond Brexit and The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain. Here he talks to Professor Andrew Blick, head of the Department of Political Economy and professor of politics and contemporary history at King’s College, London, and author of Stretching the Constitution: the Brexit Shock in Historic Perspective.