Ukrainian opinion polls show that President Volodymyr Zelensky remains highly respected. Ukrainians appreciate his patriotism, courage and diplomatic skills. Yet the same opinion polls suggest that in a runoff against an alternative candidate, today, General Vitaliy Zaluzhny, Zaluzhny would win. Observers often draw parallels with the defeat of charismatic British war hero Prime Minister Winston Churchill in July 1945 after the war had ended. So far, the parallels look plausible. War heroes make many important decisions, and some are not appreciated. But a patriotic nation keeps quiet as long as the war lasts, because they see that their earnest leader works hard doing whatever he can. After the war, however, people want change. They raise concerns about which they have said little during the war, and they want the government to take care of many neglected issues. JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. In Britain in 1945, the Labour Party won the parliamentary elections in a landslide, and the labor government carried out a radical left-wing reform policy with large-scale nationalization, social welfare reform, and decolonization. None of this is likely to be an issue in Ukraine, because the world has changed so much and Ukraine’s concerns are very different. Ukraine needs a completely different policy agenda. Today, it is difficult to fathom how different economic policy was during World War II. The state ruled supreme. All countries had extensive price controls, rationing and currency controls as well as far-reaching protectionism, while fiscal policy was loose and monetary policy run by the government. State procurement was a major part of the war economy.