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James Holland

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4177 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

He's a former chancellor of the Exchequer.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

He's a towering figure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But he's been in the wilderness because he's out of favor with the Stanley Baldwin government.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But he's been in the wilderness because he's out of favor with the Stanley Baldwin government. He's out of favor with Chamberlain. But he is this towering figure, and he has been very outspoken as a backbencher, which basically means you're not a minister, you're not in the cabinet, you're just an ordinary member of parliament.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But he's been in the wilderness because he's out of favor with the Stanley Baldwin government. He's out of favor with Chamberlain. But he is this towering figure, and he has been very outspoken as a backbencher, which basically means you're not a minister, you're not in the cabinet, you're just an ordinary member of parliament.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But he's been in the wilderness because he's out of favor with the Stanley Baldwin government. He's out of favor with Chamberlain. But he is this towering figure, and he has been very outspoken as a backbencher, which basically means you're not a minister, you're not in the cabinet, you're just an ordinary member of parliament.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

He's out of favor with Chamberlain.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But he is this towering figure, and he has been very outspoken as a backbencher, which basically means you're not a minister, you're not in the cabinet, you're just an ordinary member of parliament.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But obviously, you're an ordinary member of parliament, but you're also an ordinary member of parliament who has had ministries of state and who is his towering figure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But obviously, you're an ordinary member of parliament, but you're also an ordinary member of parliament who has had ministries of state and who is his towering figure. So he's listened to in a way that other backbenchers aren't. And he has been saying, you know, we need to stand up to the dictators. We need to do this. We need to rearm more heavily and blah, blah, blah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But obviously, you're an ordinary member of parliament, but you're also an ordinary member of parliament who has had ministries of state and who is his towering figure. So he's listened to in a way that other backbenchers aren't. And he has been saying, you know, we need to stand up to the dictators. We need to do this. We need to rearm more heavily and blah, blah, blah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

But obviously, you're an ordinary member of parliament, but you're also an ordinary member of parliament who has had ministries of state and who is his towering figure. So he's listened to in a way that other backbenchers aren't. And he has been saying, you know, we need to stand up to the dictators. We need to do this. We need to rearm more heavily and blah, blah, blah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

So he's listened to in a way that other backbenchers aren't.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And he has been saying, you know, we need to stand up to the dictators.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

We need to do this.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

We need to rearm more heavily and blah, blah, blah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

So when war is declared, he's brought back into the Admiralty in charge of the Navy, which is Britain's senior service and military. Suddenly he's there. And what happens is Britain doesn't really do anything. It's very difficult working with France because France is so politically fractured that they can't make any decisions. When you can't make any decisions, you're just impotent.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

So when war is declared, he's brought back into the Admiralty in charge of the Navy, which is Britain's senior service and military. Suddenly he's there. And what happens is Britain doesn't really do anything. It's very difficult working with France because France is so politically fractured that they can't make any decisions. When you can't make any decisions, you're just impotent.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

So when war is declared, he's brought back into the Admiralty in charge of the Navy, which is Britain's senior service and military. Suddenly he's there. And what happens is Britain doesn't really do anything. It's very difficult working with France because France is so politically fractured that they can't make any decisions. When you can't make any decisions, you're just impotent.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

So when war is declared, he's brought back into the Admiralty in charge of the Navy, which is Britain's senior service and military.