Sir Winston was described by Mr Paxman as a ‘a ruthless egotist, a chancer, and a charlatan at times’, as well as ‘a parliamentary one-off' The granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill has responded furiously to Jeremy Paxman’s suggestion that he would be unelectable in the modern age. Emma Soames, a journalist, said if the wartime Prime Minister had lived today he would win the public vote with his popular appeal and ‘genuine commitment to ordinary people’. Sir Winston was described by the former Newsnight presenter as a ‘a ruthless egotist, a chancer, and a charlatan at times’, as well as ‘a parliamentary one-off who’d be suffocated by the spinning and posturing that pass for politics today’.
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Sir Winston Churchill's granddaughter has responded furiously to Paxman
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He suggested that Sir Winston would be unelectable in the modern age
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But Emma Soames said if wartime PM was alive today he would win public vote with his popular appeal and 'genuine commitment to ordinary people'
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Paxman said Sir Winston was ‘a ruthless egotist, chancer, and a charlatan’
But she added: ‘It’s certainly true that Churchill was an egotist and I think @placeholder may easily be one too.’