Thank you, Sir. KTL On Mar 25, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Editor/Finest Hour wrote:
> A. Maccallum Scott, author of the first WSC biography “Winston > Churchill” (1905), says the Young Winston was ultimately victorious: > “In the first division on Mr. Brodrick's army scheme he was the sole > Conservative to walk into the lobby against it. Two years later he had > gathered round him a party and destroyed the scheme.” But Churchill’s > efforts “meant more than the gaining of a Parliamentary reputation,” > as Randolph Churchill wrote in the official biography, volume II, > quoting his father’s “My Early Life”: “It marked a definite > divergence of thought and sympathy from nearly all those who thronged > the benches around me.” Winston, his son continues, was already > complaining to his mother about “a good deal of dissatisfaction in the > Party, and a shocking lack of cohesion. 'The Government is not very > strong....The whole Treasury bench appears to me to be sleepy and > exhausted and played out…” > > Churchill and a few dissident young Tory members added to the disarray > by outrageous Parliamentary manners and criticism of the senior > Conservatives; critics dubbed them the Hughligans (or Hooligans), > after one of their members, Lord Hugh Cecil. Randolph continues: “It > was a modest attempt at a latterday Fourth Party. They began to meet > for dinner on Thursday evenings; occasionally they asked leading > political personalities of the day, maybe a Tory, maybe a Liberal, to > join them at dinner.” > > A discussion, rather disjointed, of the Esher Committee and Elgin > Commision is at: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esher_Report > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
