As I said before, Churchill's oratory skills does not negate that he was an imperialist and a dyed-in-the-wool Tory. Unlike other Tories at the time, who wanted to capitulate to Hitler, Churchill wanted to fight the Nazis. But this was not because a great love of democracy and liberalism by Churchill, it was for the protection of the British Empire. (That is not to say that the British shouldn't have fought the Nazis, but it is important to recognise that WWII was fought for a myriad of reasons and not just some inherent anti-fascist cause.) Churchill was a 'hero', but at the same time stood for the failures of traditional Conservative capitalism - unemployment, no welfare, the Great Depression, etc. That's why the British people voted overwhelmingly for Labour in 1945.