Even their contemporaries took them seriously: when Churchill stood against Clement Attlee in Britain's elections of 1945, about half the population heard one or both of their campaign broadcasts.
即使与他们同时代的人也对他们十分尊重,丘吉尔在1945年英国大选与克莱门特?艾德礼(Clement Attlee)展开角逐时,大约有一半英国人收听了其中一人或两人的竞选广播。