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.