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He spent most of his short half-hour on
Britain could not be a party to an imposed
division . But negotiation , as the debate had
final and irrevocable division of Germany .
some " new myth " about betrayal of Germany
shown , could be undertaken on a variety
by the Allies . " We do not , " he said , " really
certain that they wanted to establish a
know what the Russians want . " But he was
of bases .
Berlin . He deplored the possibility of
necessary to bring the British Army of the Rhine
would have created a thoroughly unde-
by proclamation , such as would be
sirable atmosphere of panic . He thought
that the situation was rather more
on to a fully active footing . That
Mr. Macmillan explained that he had deliber-
ately refrained during the summer from
hopeful .
recalling Parliament or ordering mobilisation
remarkable degree of sub-normality .
than about substance . The Prime Minister's
at any time rose to fever pitch , to a
temperature of the debate , which never
of Home , Foreign Secretary , was listening
in the Peers' Gallery .
Throughout Mr. Macmillan's speech the Earl
The Russians now realised its seriousness . The
attitude of studied calm brought down the
French doubts were more about procedure
State , Foreign Office , as " pedantic and
severely rated the speech of his predecessor .
censured by Mr. Shinwell , former Labour
Defence Minister , for having read the
These strictures were all too well justified .
of Mr. Healey , " Shadow " Foreign Secretary ,
described by Mr. Godber , Minister of
We started with the plaintive wailings
obscure on Berlin , damaging and obscure
The early speakers in the debate each
on the Congo . " In turn , Mr. Godber was
The trouble about such debates is that
Healey had another tilt at the Prime Minister's
in which all the boys were welcome to
early stages of to-night's debate . Mr.
golf-course Press conference , which he
they range too widely . They remind one of
business " removed their jackets . Not many
the Rugby match in " Tom Brown's Schooldays , "
metaphorical braces were visible in the
described as " a display of flabby and
take part , and only those who " really meant
theme of limitation of armaments in Europe .
prohibition of the production of atomic
establish in these territories .
from Mr. Ellis Smith ( Lab. , Stoke on Trent S. ) .
A reference to the reunification of Germany
This could , he suggested , be linked with
brought a bark of " Start another war ! "
weapons in any part of Europe . Inspection
Then Mr. Healey launched out on his pet
and control would be much easier to
rebuked the unaligned nations for not
bingo-parlour . "
the temple of their religion is the
the Government , said Mr. Healey , to
using double standards . Ministers had
Mr. Healey denounced the Government for
events in Angola or Algeria . It was not for
condemning the new Russian tests , but
take up moral attitudes , " especially when
they themselves had no condemnation for
night by his leader , Mr. Gaitskell . Mr.
religion as had failed to detect this cult .
limited success . He rallied behind him
Godber's performance merited all the mild
scorn heaped on it by Mr. Shinwell .
This puzzled such students of comparative
But Mr. Healey had a partial and
the Left-wing opinion so coolly snubbed last
the council's findings would be published .
Government had asked the Medical Research
Sahara on the grounds that they were
He was not so happy in his defence of
France for her nuclear tests in the
the Government's failure to condemn
Council to reassess the fall-out position in
True , he did tell the House that the
only little ones .
view of the Russian tests , and said that
Thomas , M.P. for Leicester N.E. , a former
brief . He resembles the elephant seal , an
# otherwise endearing creature whose
Labour Solicitor-General , and Mrs. Barbara
through a cliche-ridden Foreign Office
articulation is limited , we are told , to a
This was too reminiscent of the nursemaid
and her illegitimate baby . For the most
part , Mr. Godber muttered his way