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	:Misplaced Pages's lead sections often don't include citations when the material is supported within the article body. In this case, the supporting sources can be found in the section ]. Saying that Churchill had imperialist views is in no way controversial or a "woke narrative". ] • ] 16:32, 19 February 2022 (UTC)		:Misplaced Pages's lead sections often don't include citations when the material is supported within the article body. In this case, the supporting sources can be found in the section ]. Saying that Churchill had imperialist views is in no way controversial or a "woke narrative". ] • ] 16:32, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
	::Claiming that Winston wasn't an imperialist is almost like saying Johnson isn't a liar. ] (]) 11:08, 20 February 2022 (UTC)		::Claiming that Winston wasn't an imperialist is almost like saying Johnson isn't a liar. ] (]) 11:08, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

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			The lede should mention his party lost the popular vote in 1951. (] (]) 13:43, 7 March 2022 (UTC))

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Cuba, India, and Sudan: 1895–1899	6,011	6,011
Politics and South Africa: 1899–1901	4,092	4,092
Conservative MP: 1901–1904	3,140	3,140
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First Lord of the Admiralty	6,376	6,376
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Lloyd George government: 1916–1922	104	7,676
Minister of Munitions: 1917–1919	1,129	1,129
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Secretary of State for the Colonies: 1921–1922	3,452	3,452
Out of Parliament: 1922–1924	2,575	2,575
Chancellor of the Exchequer: 1924–1929	1,991	1,991
The "Wilderness Years": 1929–1939	102	10,983
Marlborough and the India Question: 1929–1932	4,329	4,329
Warnings about Germany and the abdication crisis: 1933–1936	3,921	3,921
Anti-appeasement: 1937–1939	2,631	2,631
First Lord of the Admiralty: September 1939 to May 1940	112	3,620
Phoney War and the Norwegian Campaign	1,375	1,375
Norway Debate and Chamberlain's resignation	2,133	2,133
Prime Minister: 1940–45	149	55,867
Dunkirk to Pearl Harbor: May 1940 to December 1941	200	17,658
War ministry created	1,768	1,768
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Operation Dynamo and the Battle of France	6,023	6,023
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Lend-Lease	1,508	1,508
Operation Barbarossa	954	954
Atlantic Charter	895	895
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Fall of Singapore and loss of Burma	1,251	1,251
The Bengal Famine	4,735	4,735
International conferences in 1942	2,878	2,878
El Alamein and Stalingrad	1,226	1,226
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VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)	2,057	2,057
Operation Unthinkable	1,172	1,172
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Potsdam Conference	990	990
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Imperialism?

Seems to me the intro could be slightly more nuanced instead of pushing a woke narrative. At least a source is needed. Unlock or correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.85.205.44 (talk) 08:27, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages's lead sections often don't include citations when the material is supported within the article body. In this case, the supporting sources can be found in the section Winston Churchill#Imperialism and racial views. Saying that Churchill had imperialist views is in no way controversial or a "woke narrative". Jr8825 • Talk 16:32, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Claiming that Winston wasn't an imperialist is almost like saying Johnson isn't a liar. No Great Shaker (talk) 11:08, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Lede

The lede should mention his party lost the popular vote in 1951. (86.150.124.121 (talk) 13:43, 7 March 2022 (UTC))

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