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...policy had little to do with colonial freedom, it at least kicked the ball toward a limited form of native self-sufficiency in place of time-honored absentee exploitation. How soon the ball might stop rolling was reflected in the criticism of Sir Richard Acland, leader of the Common Wealth Party. Said he: "Until we end [the hold of vested interests in the colonies] it is all my eye and Betty Martin to talk about developments in the interest of the colonial natives...
...Common Wealth Party is the brain child of pious Sir Richard T. D. Acland, M.P., who believes socialism is the modern embodiment of Christian principles. He resigned from the Liberal Party to form the Common Wealth with Guerrilla Warrior Tom Wintringham, Independent Progressive M.P. Vernon Bartlett and Writer J. B. Priestley. Bartlett and Priestley quickly resigned...
...Acland bustled ahead, set up local Common Wealth organizations, contested by-elections against the Government Coalition. Common Wealth has won one by-election, lost others by narrow margins...
Common Wealth is not yet a serious political contender. Whether it can become one depends on the political acumen of Sir Richard Acland and the political temper of postwar Britain. Says Barbara Ward, foreign editor of The Economist, in the July issue of Foreign Affairs, after a survey of what youthful Britons in the armed services are thinking: "Young opinion in Britain is radical. Young people in Britain want change. They see that the times are revolutionary. . . . They want reform and progress." Says the Common Wealth Manifesto: "There is no use in patching up a way of life that...
Last year Priestley and Acland channeled their strength in a merger: the Common Wealth Party. Unhappy in the common harness, Priestley resigned. Sir Richard took sole charge...