Word: clemente
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Shinwell had put the Government on a hot spot. But since the Labor Party had a clear majority and there was no split in its ranks, the Government probably would not fall. Nevertheless Clement Attlee's regime was in the worst crisis of its 18 months in power and the nation had had its worst jolt since the buzz-bombs began to fall...
...death was a particularly hard blow to Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison, whose parliamentary secretary she had been when Morrison was Minister of Home Security in the War Cabinet. Prime Minister Clement Attlee brought the news to him in a hospital where Morrison has lain for three weeks waiting for a blood clot in his leg to dissolve. Said Attlee: "This will just make everything a hell of a lot more difficult...
Gloom Week was clearly a turning point for the Laborite Government. Now it would have to face decisions that would change its role from labor's protector to labor's prodder. Clement Attlee's regime was in for a hot time in the next few weeks, not only from the Loyal Opposition but also from the ranks of labor, on whose loyalty it depends...
...Flags. Prime Minister Clement Attlee offered Burma a choice between full independence and Dominion status, pointing out that the latter was not "independence minus" but "independence plus." The Burmans settled for an interim government much like India's. They won some concessions: 1) control of their own finances and troops; 2) an election in April for a Constituent Assembly...
...agile, almost dainty voice of Clement Attlee, gently remonstrating: "After all ... you can't expect all the problems of that war, and a good many left over from the first world war, to disappear overnight...