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Politicians Collection (#6)

From historic figures to modern-day leaders, politicians shape our world with their words and actions

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 Herr Von Brentano of West Germany (right

Suez Crisis 1956 Herr Von Brentano of West Germany (right) arrives at Lancaster House for the Suez Conference

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 Mr Shepilov and Mr Malik leaving No

Suez Crisis 1956 Mr Shepilov and Mr Malik leaving No.1 Carlton Gardens after a conference on the Suez Crisis

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 Suez Conference at Lancaster House The Soviet Foreign

Suez Crisis 1956 Suez Conference at Lancaster House The Soviet Foreign Minister Dimtri Shepilov, the Russian representative at the conference, takes a walk during a break in the procedings

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 Nassers chief political advisor, Wing Commander Ali Sabry

Suez Crisis 1956 Nassers chief political advisor, Wing Commander Ali Sabry, arriving at London Airport from Cairo

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 Anthony Nutting, the Minister of State at the Foreign Office

Suez Crisis 1956 Anthony Nutting, the Minister of State at the Foreign Office, at the Tory Conference at Plandudno

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Dag Hammarskjold (Secretary General of the United Nations 1953-61

Dag Hammarskjold (Secretary General of the United Nations 1953-61) seen here during the Suez Crisis

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis Duncan Sandys Minister Of Defence 1957

Suez Crisis Duncan Sandys Minister Of Defence 1957 (Minister Of Housing and Local Government 1954-57)

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 Selwin Lloyd British Foreign Secretary leaving the Suez Conference

Suez Crisis 1956 Selwin Lloyd British Foreign Secretary leaving the Suez Conference

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 The Israeli Ambassador Eliahu Elath at a press conference in

Suez Crisis 1956 The Israeli Ambassador Eliahu Elath at a press conference in the Embassy answering questions about Israels invasion of the Sinai Peninsula

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 The Egyptian Ambssador Abdul Hakki

Suez Crisis 1956 The Egyptian Ambssador Abdul Hakki

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Suez Crisis 1956 The Russian Ambassador Mr Malik with Colonel General Servov just

Suez Crisis 1956 The Russian Ambassador Mr Malik with Colonel General Servov just prior to Servovs return to the Soviet Union

Background imagePoliticians Collection: President Dwight D Eisenhower flew from London Airport to Paris

President Dwight D Eisenhower flew from London Airport to Paris. In his farewell remarks Mr MacMillan, seen here with the President at the airport said " Mr President

Background imagePoliticians Collection: President Richard Nixon (left) seen here with Prime Minister Harold Wilson at Heathrow

President Richard Nixon (left) seen here with Prime Minister Harold Wilson at Heathrow Airport, Monday 24th February 1969

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at No 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister Margaret

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at No 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 6th April 1989 Left to right Eduard Sheverdnadze, Mikhail Gorbachev, Raisa Gorbachev

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Left to right President Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Left to right President Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Secreatary of State Alexander Haig and Foreign Secretary Francis Pym pose for photographers before sitting down to a working

Background imagePoliticians Collection: President Kennedy seen here with the Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Nikita

President Kennedy seen here with the Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev on the first of two days of meetings

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Michael Foot and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher followed by Willie Whitelaw

Michael Foot and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher followed by Willie Whitelaw and Denis Healey leaving the Commons for the House of Lords, during the state opening of parliament 3rd November 1982

Background imagePoliticians Collection: President Richard Nixon (left) seen here with Prime Minister Harold Wilson at Heathrow

President Richard Nixon (left) seen here with Prime Minister Harold Wilson at Heathrow Airport, Monday 24th February 1969

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Disarmament meeting April 1954 Anthony Greenwood MP 3rd from right

Disarmament meeting April 1954 Anthony Greenwood MP 3rd from right and Tony Benn MP extreme right along with other supporters of Nuclear Disarmament seen here advertising the Hydrogen Bomb Challenge

Background imagePoliticians Collection: United States Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger seen here outside 10 Downing Street

United States Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger seen here outside 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister James Callagher

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets Soviet leader President Mikhail Gorbachev at RAF

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets Soviet leader President Mikhail Gorbachev at RAF base Brize Norton 8th December 1987

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Harold Wilson, Tom Driberg and R. H.s Crossman at a Labour Party Conference

Harold Wilson, Tom Driberg and R. H.s Crossman at a Labour Party Conference
Harold Wilson, Tom Driberg and R.H.S Crossman at a Labour Party Conference. 1st October 1952

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan Labour MP and unidentified female companion 1945 Nye Bevan

Aneurin Bevan Labour MP and unidentified female companion 1945 Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan Labour MP giving speech 1956 in Trafalgar Square London

Aneurin Bevan Labour MP giving speech 1956 in Trafalgar Square London. Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan Labour MP on stage during speech in 1957. Hugh Gaitskill

Aneurin Bevan Labour MP on stage during speech in 1957. Hugh Gaitskill photograph behind. Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan Labour MP giving speech in 1959. Nye Bevan

Aneurin Bevan Labour MP giving speech in 1959. Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan and Barbara Castle with Hugh Gaitskell at the Labour Party Press Conference

Aneurin Bevan and Barbara Castle with Hugh Gaitskell at the Labour Party Press Conference 1959. Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan (L) and Hugh Gaitskell Labour MPs 1958. On platform at

Aneurin Bevan (L) and Hugh Gaitskell Labour MPs 1958. On platform at Trafalgar Square London. Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan siting behind desk with paper work in front of him. Unknown date

Aneurin Bevan siting behind desk with paper work in front of him. Unknown date. Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan Labour MP giving speech in 1957. Nye Bevan

Aneurin Bevan Labour MP giving speech in 1957. Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Aneurin Bevan Labour Shadow Foreign Minister opens the campaign Into Action at St Pancras

Aneurin Bevan Labour Shadow Foreign Minister opens the campaign Into Action at St Pancras Town Hall London. Nye Bevan

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Mini cabinet meeting held at Liverpool Town Hall, Left to right, Eric Fernyhough

Mini cabinet meeting held at Liverpool Town Hall, Left to right, Eric Fernyhough, Mr Wedgewood Benn, Tom Urwin and Mrs Gwyneth Dunnwoody. September 1969

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Sir Ian McGregor Chairman of the National Coal Board telling the media of

Sir Ian McGregor Chairman of the National Coal Board telling the media of the breakdown in their talks with the Miners Union Strike Action

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Arthur Scargill NUM talks to miners in rally in London 1984

Arthur Scargill NUM talks to miners in rally in London 1984

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Tory Press Conference: William Whitelaw and Edward Heath

Tory Press Conference: William Whitelaw and Edward Heath: Leader at the Conservative Party answering question from the press during the run up to the general election. September 1974

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Prime Minister Harold Wilson with Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey seen here

Prime Minister Harold Wilson with Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey seen here making a statement at the Industrial Summit Conference

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Arthur Scargill marches with miners in demonstration 1984 during strike

Arthur Scargill marches with miners in demonstration 1984 during strike

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Sir Ian McGregor Chairman of the National Coal Board telling

Sir Ian McGregor Chairman of the National Coal Board telling the media of the breakdown in their talks with the Miners Union Strike Action

Background imagePoliticians Collection: David Steel M. P. (left) and John Pardoe M. P. seen here during the contest for Liberal

David Steel M. P. (left) and John Pardoe M. P. seen here during the contest for Liberal
David Steel M.P. (left) and John Pardoe M.P. seen here during the contest for Liberal leadership. July 1976

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Politics: Elections: The Newcastle-under-Lyne by-election: The Liberal candidate

Politics: Elections: The Newcastle-under-Lyne by-election: The Liberal candidate, Spreckley, a " Hyde Park crator"

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Politics: Elections: The Newcastle-under-Lyne by-election: The labour candidate, Golding

Politics: Elections: The Newcastle-under-Lyne by-election: The labour candidate, Golding, is seen talking to stall-holders in the market, serving fruit and portrait (wears glasses)

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Sir Winston Churchill sits with his cabinet before announcing his retirement

Sir Winston Churchill sits with his cabinet before announcing his retirement, (they are from left to right back row) Mr Peake Mr Thorneycroft Sir Walter Monkton Mr Stuart Mr Lloyd George Mr Lennox

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Bedlington Miners Picnic - Leading the miners parade to the picnic ground are Mr

Bedlington Miners Picnic - Leading the miners parade to the picnic ground are Mr. Harold Wilson, M.P. Miss M. Herbison, M.P. and Mr. W. E. Jones, President of the National Union of Mineworkers

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Bedlington Miners Picnic - Aneurin Bevan, the 'star'speaker

Bedlington Miners Picnic - Aneurin Bevan, the "star"speaker
Bedlington Miners Picnic - Aneurin Bevan, the " star" speaker, joins in the pricession to the picnic field. With his were Mr. Ernest Jones, N.U.M. President (third from left), Coun. W

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Bedlington Miners Picnic - Waiting to move off in the parade, were Mrs. Judith Hart, M. P

Bedlington Miners Picnic - Waiting to move off in the parade, were Mrs. Judith Hart, M. P
Bedlington Miners Picnic - Waiting to move off in the parade, were Mrs. Judith Hart, M.P. Michael Foot, Ernest Jones, (Vice Pres. N.U.M. and Northumberland branch secretary R. Main)

Background imagePoliticians Collection: Stephen Dorrell MP, Secretary of State for Health in his private office at the Ministry

Stephen Dorrell MP, Secretary of State for Health in his private office at the Ministry November 1996

Background imagePoliticians Collection: John Prescott and wife Pauline at the Brit Awards, February 1998

John Prescott and wife Pauline at the Brit Awards, February 1998, after getting wet when Chumbawumba member Danbert Nobacon threw ice bucket over them. vfr1

Background imagePoliticians Collection: John Prescott MP, February 98 At the Britt Awards after being soaked by

John Prescott MP, February 98 At the Britt Awards after being soaked by Chumbawumba lead singer Dambert Nobacon




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From historic figures to modern-day leaders, politicians shape our world with their words and actions. Labour Party election posters and television speakers remind us of the power of democracy in action. Churchill's capture during the Boer War symbolizes resilience and determination in the face of adversity. In 1938, Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador, and his family embody diplomacy on an international scale. Napoleon's portrait from c1894-95 captures his ambition and strategic genius that left a lasting impact on Europe. Charles I and Speaker Lenthall's encounter in 1850 serves as a reminder of the delicate balance between monarchy and parliamentary authority. Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo's artwork portrays political activism through artistry. Portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians, and entertainers reflect the interconnectedness between politics and popular culture throughout history. The faces of seven Australian Prime Ministers tell tales of leadership down under. Winston Churchill entering No 10 Downing Street by David Wright signifies a pivotal moment in British history when strong leadership was needed most. The opening ceremony of Dail Eireann showcases Ireland's journey towards independence. James Keir Hardie's portrait photograph reminds us of the pioneers who fought for workers' rights and social justice. Lastly, the infamous Dewey Defeats Truman newspaper headline teaches us not to underestimate political outcomes. Politicians may be revered or criticized, but they play an undeniable role in shaping societies across time.