From Lynne Olson's Troublesome Young Men, p. 172-3
"I should like to crush Duff Cooper's head to a jelly."
Lady Willingdon, wife of former viceroy of India. Cooper resigned the minestry office over Munich.
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At Kenneth Clark's house, over the issue;
"I look forward to using your skull as an inkpot!"
An Oxford don.
Clark had to banish both participants.
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"Those traitors- Churchill, your brother, and hsi like- should be shot."
A society matron to Barbara Cartland, Ronald Cartland's sister.
British people were wise to support Churchill during the wartime, then to support the Labour party after the war. Because the Conservative Party utterly failed to lead the nation during the critical 1930s, and many Tory grandees were even very fond of Hitler(a rare exception was Lord Salisbury).
Especially Chamberlain, who had a distinctly authoritatrian trait, even wiretapping telephones and threatened Tory rebels. Actually most of the press magnates cooperated with the Tories as well, BBC too.
If the leader's foremost quality is to inspire, Chamberlain utterly failed in its task.
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