What did Orwell think of Churchill?

In his essays, Orwell comments on Churchill several times. Now, Orwell was a socialist, and - in some ways - the antithesis of Churchill. However, he was also an English (or British) nationalist, and he recognized in Churchill someone who also hated Hitler and the Nazis. read more

By the time he did, the war was won and Churchill was out of office. When Churchill returned to 10 Downing Street in 1951, Orwell was dead. Much of the connection then between Churchill and Orwell is suggestive rather than explicit. read more

And this is, I think, one reason that Orwell resonates so much today. Fake news is not a new thing; putting ideology over the truth is not a new thing. It always has happened in politics. And what we see with both Churchill and Orwell is they believed in facts, believed in observation and then believed in applying their principles to those facts. read more