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Britain's two living ex-Prime Ministers did their bit to breathe some fire into the electioneering. "Mr. Attlee is certainly tough," taunted Sir Winston Churchill, "or he would not have kept the lead of his party for so long," but since Labor is so divided, "the best he can do is be a piebald." Replied Clem Attlee: "Sir Winston has always been a bit of a chameleon, a funny little animal that changes color. He began as a Conservative, was a Liberal for 18 years, then an Independent and ... a Conservative again. I don't know whether...
...Maidish Restrictions. Laborite taunts that the Tories had forced Sir Winston Churchill out of office seemed to get weight from Churchill's first speeches. Obviously he was irritated at the way Eden & Co. had reversed themselves and grabbed at his "parley at the summit" policy the instant he retired. But Sir Winston was too good a party man to let personal pique last the whole campaign. He tore into Labor "with all its paraphernalia of restrictions and regulations . . .," lauded Sir Anthony as "a statesman long versed in parliamentary and cabinet government," and urged Britons to give him "generous...
...unless, among other things, he or she is a lunatic, felon, traitor, clergyman, civil servant, member of the House of Lords or one of the Royal Family-may stand for election to the House of Commons. A candidate need not live in the constituency he represents (for 14 years Winston Churchill represented a constituency in Scotland), need not know much about its people or problems, theoretically need not even appear there except for the formalities of campaign time. He does need a $420 deposit, ten supporters to sign a petition, and the patience to put up with a mixture...
...slash and stab. "The Tawies have got the difficult task ... of trying to persuade the poor to vote the rich back into power . . . Eden has been the best-looking man in British politics for 40 years . . . He's been sitting on his charger waiting for Sir Winston to ride and . . . now he's a bit saddle-sore...
...Hecklers. One familiar rumbling voice was unheard during the campaign's first week. Retired only five weeks from No. 10 Downing Street, Sir Winston Churchill was nominated without opposition in his old constituency of Woodford. In Eden's opening campaign speech to the country, Churchill was not even referred to. "There is of course no gratitude in politics," commented the Manchester Guardian. "But it... does seem a little curious that the Tory Party should have dropped Sir Winston . . . absolutely, as if he had become a liability, almost an outcast." Before the week was out, Eden dispatched an amends...