 Complete the following phrase:  Churchill had not been the preferred choice of most Conservatives to succeed Chamberlain, but the motion on 13 May That this House welcomes the formation of a Government representing the united and inflexible resolve of the nation to prosecute the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion passed uimously. He had been unpopular in many circles since the 1930s and MPs had ignored or heckled his speeches denouncing the prime ministers appeasement policy toward Germany; even others who opposed Chamberlain avoided him. One historian has described the speechs effect on Parliament, however, as electrifying ... He was still speaking at the House of Commons, but it was now listening, and cheering. However, Churchill himself subsequently held that many Conservative MPs had still regarded him with reserve and it was not until his speech of 4 July 1940 announcing 