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Short-Lived Leaders

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of short-lived leaders.

As Liz Truss resigns after 44 days in office, the shortest serving Prime Minister in UK history, Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of short-lived leaders; from Emperor Didius Julianus in AD 193 to Prime Minister Lord Goderich in 1827.

Contributors:
Professor Tim Cornell, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester
Dr Luke Blaxill, Political historian at Oxford University

Producer: Sarah Shebbeare

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28 minutes

Last on

Tue 25 Oct 202221:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Tue 25 Oct 202209:00
    BBC Radio 4
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    BBC Radio 4

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  • The Long View

    History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events