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Socialists, who had suffered under Churchill's taunts of "Scuttle" when they advocated withdrawal from Suez in 1946, thoroughly enjoyed Churchill's discomfiture, greeted him with sardonic cries of "No scuttling." Below the gangway sat 40 grim-faced Tories, the "Suez rebels" sworn to vote against the government rather than accept withdrawal. The first question Opposition Leader Clement Attlee asked was barbed: "In view of the statements which were made by the present Prime Minister on the absolute necessity of having troops in Egypt for the defense of the Suez canal . . . may I ask whether this agreement...
...vote neared, the House was tense. If the Socialists decided to vote against the government (and their own convictions), the 40 Suez rebels could bring the government down. But at the cry of "Clear the lobbies," all but six Socialists sat stolidly in place, and not even all the rebels kept their resolve. By a vote of 257 to 26 (Socialists abstaining), Britain agreed to quit Egypt before it was pushed...
...With Suez given up as a permanent base, the British-governed isle of Cyprus assumed greater importance. Last week the Churchill government announced a new constitution as a first step toward mollifying the restive Cypriots who have been demanding union with Greece. It was, said Minister of State for Colonial Affairs Henry Hopkinson, "a first step along the road of constitutional advancement." Did that mean the possibility of independence...
Conciliation in Cairo last week brought discord in London. Tory backbenchers were up in arms. Led by the mustachioed military figure of Captain Charles Waterhouse, 41 Tories delivered an ultimatum: they would split the Tory Party over a Suez settlement...
...Palestine, from Burma, from India, from Persia, from the Sudan and now from Egypt the ignominious retreat has gone on," the major cried. "Where next are we to be pushed from?" Despite all the bluster from the rear, the Tories should be able to get a majority for a Suez agreement. They can count on heavy support from the Socialists, who first proposed evacuation eight years ago and were chided by Churchill for their "great shame and folly...