Least Bad Form of Government?

Today is the diamond anniversary of Winston Churchill's famous dictum on democracy being the least bad form of government.

The speech in its entirety is available in the Commons Hansard for November 11, 1947. The speech may also be available in Churchill speech collections.

While sadly having no regrets about being on the side of the emasculation of the House of Lords when creating Parliament Act 1911, Winston Churchill spoke on this November day against further emasculation, proposed by the Attlee Cabinet.

Would you have guessed that this dictum was from a speech defending the rights of the House of Lords?

Please feel free to visit or revisit my article that revisits Churchill on democracy.