A Man Who Trusts Nobody Is Apt

I Will Not Be Able To Carry The Physical Burden Of Leading The Party At The Next General Election. I Hope It Will Soon Be Possible For The Customary Processes Of Consultation To Be Carried On Within The Party About Its Future Leadership.

It Is A Good Thing To Be Laughed At. It Is Better Than To Be Ignored.

To Be Alive At All Involves Some Risk.

Although I Am Still In Favour Of A National Government In These Difficult Times, And Shall Probably Be Found In The Great Majority Of Cases In The Government Lobby, There Are Some Issues That Have Arisen, Or Are Likely To Arise, Upon Which I Am Unable To Give The Government The Support Which It Has, Perhaps, The Right To Expect From Those Receiving The Government Whip. It Occurs To Me, Therefore, That It Would Perhaps Be More Satisfactory If I Was No Longer Regarded As Being Among The Supporters Of The Present Administration.

If Ever The Call Comes To Them, The Young Will Go Straight From The Ranks Of The Neutralists Into The Ranks Of He Majesty's Forces, As They Have So Often Done In The Past.