Word: chamberlaine
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Cold comfort next day, when it was learned that the Northwestern Expeditionary Force had pulled out of Namsos as well as Åndalsnes, were Chamberlain's assurances that "although in the face of overwhelming difficulties in the situation, it has not been possible to effect the capture of the town [Trondheim], I am satisfied that the balance of the advantage up to the present lies with the Allied forces...
...British Can Take It." Promised a full-dress debate in Parliament this week, the British public was divided at the weekend into two groups : those who insisted "Chamberlain must go," and those who declared, "Chamberlain can stay but he must DO SOMETHING." Spokesman of the Chamberlain-must-go group was Laborite Herbert Morrison, M. P. and able Leader of the London County Council, who publicly demanded the scalps of the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon and Air Secretary...
...Faulty, feeble and foolish," was World War Prime Minister Lloyd George's comment on the Chamberlain policy. "All the foresight and striking power in diplomacy and in strategy are on the side of the Nazis," he declared, "all the blunders, the ineptitude, the slackness on the part of the Allies...
...Chamberlain's capacity for self-delusion is a national danger," fumed the Manchester Guardian. "If Parliament does its duty next week, perhaps even Mr. Chamberlain may be brought to understand that we cannot and will not go on in this way." Reports that naval chiefs had insisted upon an immediate bold attack on Trondheim before the Germans had their big guns set up but had been prevented by the Cabinet for reasons of caution did little to soothe rising tempers...
...bolt from the ranks. "What we want is a real War Cabinet with someone at the top who can decide a question. . . . We are meandering and muddling through the war making excuses and boasting," criticized Government Supporter Clement Davies, M. P. In fine English sarcasm he assured Mr. Chamberlain that if Hitler had missed the bus, it was because he "too often takes a taxi...