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MacArthur theorized that some emergency development (such as a press leak) on the Thursday before the changes forced the Prime Minister to act so brusquely, because MacMillan ordinarily "would not tolerate such a lack of courtesy...
MacArthur reported that "Many Conservatives resented MacMillan brusque changes," but denied published reports that the Prime Minister was received in right-lip silence when rising to to Galtskell's motion of censure. "Actually," MacArthur said, "we gave a great cheer when MacMillan spoke...
Immediately after the Cabinet purge, however, the Prime Minister's position was very precarious. In one session of Commons, "MacMillan was received in stony silence, while the Tory back-benchers cheered for Selwyn Lloyd ousted Chencellor of the Exchequer...
...changes had to come before the Common Market debate reached a head in October, and many Conservatives have been clamoring for a shakeup in the top ranks of the Party," MacArthur said, "but no one expected the apparent haste of the move. MacMillan did not even exchange the traditional courtesy letters with Lloyd...
...MacMillan shattered a long cultivated image that he is outwardly "calm and unruffled." In addition said MacArthur, "many felt it was just not right to treat Lloyd in this way, since he had been at the Prime Minister's right shoulder for years...