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Englishmen, who recall that nine of "their" Prime Ministers since the mid-18th century have been Scots, find this Scottish sense of grievance hard to understand. Last week, noting that Prime Minister Macmillan, Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod, Foreign Secretary Lord Home, the chairman of the London Stock Exchange and a clutch of Britain's biggest tycoons are all Scotsmen, London's Tatler declared: "There are those who maintain that the Act of Union has turned out to be more of a Scottish takeover bid." But the Scots have an answer to that one, too. "Once a Scot goes...
...British Governor Sir Patrick Renison, and collected more than 25,000 signatures, including many from Africans and Asians. Even African Nationalist Tom Mboya, though he would not sign himself, agreed not to influence his fellow Africans against signing. In London, Laborite M.P. Fenner Brockway appealed to Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod to reprieve Poole on the grounds that his execution would damage already tense relations between whites and blacks in Kenya...
...neither Macleod nor Renison could find any legal grounds for intervening. Last week, as a warder solemnly posted announcement of the execution on the gate of Nairobi Prison, an African in the keyed-up crowd gathered outside cried: "Justice has been done; Macleod is with us!" Turning away in cold anger, a white settler muttered: "Now you've had your pound of flesh." Commented the London Spector: "It is a savage irony that future generations in Kenya will be able to point to 1960 as the year when the equality of the races was finally demonstrated...
Credit for the smiles belonged to Iain Macleod, Britain's able Colonial Secretary, who four months ago freed Banda from a Rhodesian jail and allowed him to re-enter politics. "When you released me from prison," Banda told Macleod in London, "you were sticking your political neck out. You won my confidence completely-completely, without reservation...
Trading on Banda's gratitude, Macleod firmly presented the conference with the principles for a new Nyasaland constitution, among them provision for a legislature reflecting Nyasaland's African majority but safeguarding the minority (20,000) whites and Asians. With something for everybody in Macleod's package, bargaining began. In eleven brisk days, agreement was reached on a new legislative council in which the Africans would have 20 of the 33 seats, although a franchise based on income, property and literacy would limit the electoral roll to only 100,000 Africans. In return, Banda agreed that...