In the course of an interesting speech on Defence cuts, Manny Shinwell, Chairman of the Parliamentary Party, said:
"Tf the Germans want to fight the Russians and the Poles, let them do the job themselves..,...I doubt very much whether our forces of the Rhine, in the event of aggression from Moscow and I sce no signs of aggression, now or in the future - I doubt very much but that in the event they would be liquidated." On Defence cuts in general, Mr. Shinwell said that the only way to do it was to start at the top...... "There are too many generals, too many air marshalls, and too many admirals. They are cluttering the decks...,." He concluded: "I was once Minister of Defence and I have come to the conclusion that I was the only Minister of Defence capable of doing the job."
Perhaps even now, he's not without some of the necessary qualifications for the job. He certainly has some right ideas.