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...That "Communism is a Christian heresy, but Naziism was anti-Christian paganism" is "oversimplification" of itself. Communism, ideologically, is not simply an attempt to weaken Christianity, but to destroy all religions and Communism is even more pagan than Naziism ... If such muddleheaded thinking as Mr. Driberg's is typical of the British Labor Party, then thank the Lord for Sir Winston...
After reading Driberg's article, one should feel a very strong desire to exclaim at the top of his voice "God save the Queen . . . and Britain...
...answer to Driberg by another Briton, see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...attack on U.S. foreign policy by Britain's Tom Driberg, Bevanite Socialist member of Parliament (TIME, Oct. 12), shocked some of Driberg's fellow countrymen as much as it did the Americans for whom it was intended. Malcolm Muggeridge is a onetime leftist turned conservative, a former British newspaper correspondent in Moscow (1932-33) and Washington (1946-48), and currently the highly articulate editor of Punch. Muggeridge's answer to Driberg...
...would be most unfortunate if Americans were to believe that the views set forth by Mr. Tom Driberg regarding U.S. policy represented, as such, any large body of opinion in this country. If, however, he can scarcely be regarded as in any sense a representative person, the attitude of mind he conveys is decidedly widespread throughout Western Europe. This attitude of mind is usually described as neutralism. It derives from a mixture of wishful thinking, impatience with American diplomatic gaucherie and envy of America's present wealth and power, and sheer inertia following upon four decades of tumultuous upheaval...