Aneurin Bevan - the Suez Crisis - Trafalgar Square - 04/11/1956
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It’s a sad, it’s a very
, sad story that is unfolding itself
our eyes at the present time.
very, very sad one indeed. I
feel despondent, really despondent about the
into which we have been got.
some young Tories say, ah, we
giving the lead, the lead to
? Yes, the lead back to chaos,
to anarchy, and back to universal
. That’s not the lead we want.
, this policy of the British government
a policy of bankruptcy and despair.
’s not a policy of civilisation. They’re
, they’re hoping that the military situation
Egypt will soon resolve itself and
our, we shall be militarily successful.
we are successful, what will that
? It will only prove that we
stronger than the Egyptians. It won’t
that we are right. It’s only
logic of the bully. May Tory
today are saying, ah, well, perhaps,
are judging too soon. It may
that Eden will get it all
with and then we can breathe
sigh of relief. That’s what the
said about Hitler. They said, ah,
, he may be a liar but
he be a successful liar? They
, he’s a bully, but will he
a successful bully? They were perfectly
to accept his morality so log
he gave them the prizes. But
we must look further into this.
are stronger than Egypt, but there
other countries stronger than us. Are
prepared to accept for ourselves the
we are applying to Egypt? If
more powerful than ourselves accept the
of principles, the anarchistic attitude of
, and launch bombs on London, what
have we got? What complaint have
got? What will a young Tory
to that? If we are going
appeal to force, if force is
to be the arbiter to which
appeal, it would be at least
sense to try and make sure
that we have got it. Even
you accept that abysmal logic, that
point of view, and if you
going to appeal to a court
answer you are going only to
if it’s in your favour, to
take care to the jury beforehand.
of course we can’t do that.
are in fact in the position
of having appealed to force in
case of a small nation, where
it is appealed to against us
will result in the destruction of
Britain, not only as a nation
as an Island containing living men
women. Therefore I say to Anthony,
say to the British government, there
no count at all on which
can be defended. They have besmirched
name of Britain. They have made
ashamed of things of which formerly
were proud. They have offended against
principle of decency. And there is
one way in which they can
begin to restore their tarnished reputation
that is to get out, get
, get out.
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