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...cannonading that echoes along London's Fleet Street was suddenly stilled, and Britain's battling press lords struck a truce flag to pay convivial tribute to one of their fellows. The men of war were all there, chatting with Sir Winston Churchill and Prime Minister Macmillan at a table in London's imposing Warwick House-Roy Thomson of the Sunday Times, Cecil Harmsworth King of the Daily Mirror, Lord Rothermere of the Daily Mail, and the guest of honor, crusty, combative Lord Beaverbrook of the Daily Express, whose 83rd birthday prompted the shindig. "I felt that this...
...have no idea whether General de Gaulle and Prime Minister Macmillan will soon sign a treaty authorizing construction of a Channel Tunnel...
...weakness that will not be readily forgotten or forgiven." By week's end, openly rebellious Conservative backbenchers were charging that pay inequities were directly responsible for the Tories' sweeping electoral setbacks over the past six months. Smarting from their defeats, many demanded that Prime Minister Harold Macmillan fire Party Chairman Iain Macleod-even though it was he who mapped the strategy that swept the Conservatives back into office in 1959 with the slogan: "You Never Had It So Good." For Harold Macmillan, it had seldom looked...
...year-old Captain Shotover Alexander MacMillan struggles manfully with a nearly impossible assignment. Although he has moments of effectiveness, he often overacts, and he does not convey the impression of age. Mr. Lyons (Hector) can not fit his irascible, humorous manner to the serious lines he has to deliver, but when he is supposed to be funny, he frequently...
Somberly, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan warned the party that the trend "could lead to the return of a Socialist government by the side door." Sir Winston Churchill even weighed in with a ringing Churchillian plea for "a searching re-examination of our policies and great and sustained efforts." The Conservatives are still confident that if they can win British admission to Europe's Common Market, they can win the next general election, probably in 1963. Meanwhile, said one top Laborite, "for the first time, Hugh Gaitskell feels certain that he is going to be the next Prime Minister...