Mr. Chamberlain Pilloried
The “Manchester Guardian” says that the Norwegian episode is the more bitter because it follows so much shallow' ministerial optimism, even boasting and complacency. “Mr Chamberlain ! s speech immediately before the German invasion was the same as his complacency prior to the pact of friendship with Mussolini and his innocence about dealings with Hitler,” says the paper. “His capacity for self-delusion is a national danger, because it damps the country’s awareness of the peril and almost certainly reflects complacent handling and conduct of the war.”
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Northern Advocate, 4 May 1940, Page 6
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88Mr. Chamberlain Pilloried Northern Advocate, 4 May 1940, Page 6
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