8 To think that I, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 601
9 he was quite, BOD MS Eng hist 497, Wallace diary
10 I am always, Sylvester, 249
11 I have a great, ibid., 251
12 Well, there was, Geoffrey Shakespeare, 62
13 Every day he is crazy, Sylvester, 239
14 I heard men … interested, PA LG/g/241/1
15 sound … play, Thomas Jones, Diary with Letters, 457
16 Nancy welcomed … longer, ibid., 457
17 very soul … Asquith, Roskill, Hankey, 270
18 more presence than, Information from Christopher Clement-Davies
19 I gather I owe, Amery, Diaries, vol. 1, 78
20 knowing my Neville, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 578
21 Give this to, Geoffrey Shakespeare, 60
22 standing in … urchin, Faber, Speaking for England, 18
23 How could … grip, Churchill, My Early Life, 18
24 fully-clothed (footnote), Wm. Louis, In the Name of God, Go!, 30
25 the best ducking, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 104
26 for lectures and, Faber, 38
27 to desert his Liberal, ibid., 176
28 at sixes and sevens, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 590
29 What I shall achieve, Amery, Diaries, vol. 1, 78
30 an immense advantage … in the right, ibid., 78
31 being right, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 257
32 the greatest law-giver, Blake & Louis, Churchill, 258
33 a bigger man, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 397
34 alpinising energy, Vansittart, 354
35 a steep snow-crowned, Canadian Alpine Journal, 1929, 3
36 Oh, Leo’s on the executive, Information from Frances Campbell-Preston, 4/5/2015
37 I … made him, Faber, 267
38 a reward of successful, Amery, Diaries, vol. 1, 244
39 if only he, NC Diary Letters, vol. 2, 104
40 listened to with, NC Diary Letters, vol. 3, 170
41 pull his coat, Faber, 239
42 moral collapse … leader, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 226
43 with such gifts, ibid., 538
44 I shall be justified, ibid., 396
45 there are always, Faber, 275
46 What a difference, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 443
47 spoke of my, ibid., 55
48 the cleverest … politics, Faber, 240
49 He had, David Faber interview with author, 28/1/2015
50 a scheming little, Faber, 102
51 combative and persistent, Macmillan, Blast of War, 69
52 a wise and benevolent, Spears, 39
53 I had the best, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 1069
54 irritated snort, Faber, 356
55 as if stung, Dugdale, Baffy, 2/9/1939
56 most insulting, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 443
57 killed off all, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 570
58 the smaller … Quisling, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 526
59 very hard not, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 453
60 he has not been, CA Amel 2/1/31, LA to Jacques Bardou
61 just senior to Winston, BOD MSS Dawson 81 39-41/13
62 would make a real … today, BOD MSS Dawson 81
63 always seeing further, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 257
64 distorted or damaged, C. F. Amery, Notes on Forestry, 35
65 Every tree threatening, ibid., 38
66 to harass the, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 558
67 Are you aware, ibid., 559
68 insane ban … Norway, BOD MSS Dawson 81 39-41/1
69 helplessness and vacillation, Amery, Times History of the War in South Africa, vol. 2, 305
70 not merely to upset, CA Amel 2/1/31 1940
71 Neville giving place, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 580
72 a pale-faced, Sunday Express, 12/5/1940
73 I have no doubt, Boothby letter to Observer, 4/9/1966
74 Thank God, Alun Wyburn-Powell, Clement Davies, 110
75 I do deplore, CA Amel 8/76/5, CD to LA, 21/10/1954
76 a very live wire, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 576
77 an able and successful, SP Wolmer to Salisbury, 15/4/1940
78 treacherous Welshman, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 535
79 to take the measures, Liberal Magazine, 1949, vol. 48, 65
80 an orchestra without, Montgomeryshire Express, 17/2/1940
81 brought things to, CA Amel 2/1/31 1940
82 The Government must, Cross, Hoare, 255
83 almost criminal, The Times, 4/5/1940
84 big words … Cabinets, Bruce Lockhart, 52
85 at the complacent, CA Amel 2/1/31 1940
86 to scotch the Opposition, PA LG/g/241/1
87 without bothering … founder”, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 590
88 Clam Attlee … reputation, Citrine, 367
89 If I pass you, William Douglas-Home, The Prime Ministers, 237
90 unseating Chamberlain … at all, Orwell, Collected Essays, vol. 2, 359
91 sordid gatherings, Self, Chamberlain, 440
92 He has told us, Bonham Carter, Champion Redoubtable, 208
93 Again and again, Hansard, 1/2/1940
94 To my mind, SP CD to Salisbury, 15/4/1940
95 Not Winston … Churchill, Harold Wilson, in Attlee as I Knew Him, 42
96 gollywog itching, Jeremy Lewis, David Astor, 183
97 plump for Winston … crowd, At the Admiralty, 1186; Taylor, Beaverbook, 407
98 very changeable … prostitute, Maisky, 239
99 a mixture of scorn, Colville, Inner Circle, 91
100 In every case, Taylor, Beaverbrook, 407
101 We have this … combat, The Times, 4/5/1940
102 We’ll all swing, Bruce Lockhart, 54
103 good politically … through tomorrow, Colville, Fringes of Power, 91–92
104 assured by the intelligence, Daily Herald, 7/5/1940
105 no one expected, AM diary, 7/5/1940
106 thought they would, At the Admiralty, 1191
107 P.M. is expected, Jones, 457
108 I think there … storm, PA LG/g/241/1
109 Should one expect … We’ll see, Maisky, 273
110 Remember the good … out, The Times, 7/5/1940
111 as heroes, At the Admiralty, 1196
112 to prevent all sorts, Reith, Into the Wind, 381
113 shattering rumour … look over, BOD MSS Dawson diary 1940
114 just returned … military history, SP S (4) WC1/64
115 Yes, I’m 99.9 per cent, Jacynth Fitzalan Howard to author, 27/9/2016
116 have seen … slender, SP S (4) WC1/64
117 the whole … information, SP Salisbury to Cranborne, 2/5/1940
15 TUESDAY 7 MAY
1 The dead columns, Duff Cooper, Old Men Forget, 277
2 might still lie, Moorehead, 128
3 The general … historic, Nicolson, Montreal Standard, 11/5/1940
4 Listening to the bores, Henry Morris-Jones, Doctor in the Whips’ Room, 158; Dennis Herbert, Backbencher and Chairman, 90
5 I never saw, Dugdale, Baffy, 168
6 Well staged, David, Daily Herald, 8/5/1940
7 I confess that, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 491, 20/1/1940
8 sick to see such, ibid., 491
9 Silly bladders!, Cadogan, 18
10 I feel just, Geoffrey Shakespeare, 41
11 He has no charm, Cooper, ‘A Candid Portrait’, American Mercury, January 1940
12 When he said, Christopher Sylvester ed., Literary Companion to Parliament, 414
13 there is little or no, Walker-Smith, 15
14 No one anticipated, Herbert, 226
15 if he rallies, PA LG/g/241/1
16 terrible place, Martin Lindsay, The House of Commons, 11
17 everything mahn want, Simpson
18 by allowing the, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
19 rather feminine, Nicolson, 76
20 looked a shattered man, FRO D/MJ/21 Diary 1940
&nb
sp; 21 No one listening, Foot, 178
22 Germany has invaded, New Statesman 9/5/1940
23 That Churchill had, Amery, My Political Life, 359
24 thin and burning-eyed, Blythe, 266
25 his obvious satisfaction, Amery, My Political Life, vol. 3, 359
26 was simply rot, Maisky, 274
27 that the Government, Colville, Fringes of Power, 92
28 a little mouse, Dalton, War Diary, 196
29 When a Premier, Daily Worker, 8/5/1940
30 made it much easier, Amery, My Political Life, vol. 3, 358
31 a bad speaker, AM diary, 7/8/1940
32 eloquent and venomous … inside information, Colville, Fringes of Power, 117
33 Violent attacks … out, Groot, 153
34 but not devastatingly, Dugdale, Baffy, 168
35 Up to that moment, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
36 determined not to, Dugdale, Baffy, 168
37 This active and high-minded, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
38 agonised discomfort, Amery, My Political Life, vol. 3, 359
39 very distinguished, Herbert, 58
40 a certain customary … trouble, ibid., 360
41 to kill the debate, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 592
42 a dreary and not, AM diary, 7/8/1940
43 a veteran Socialist … wills, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
44 Questionable taste, Channon, 245
45 I am not very quick, Keyes Papers, 36
46 very disappointed … all idea, Carton de Wiart, 176
47 Now the Admiral … 101, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
48 He stumbled, got confused, Maisky, 274
49 The sincerity that, Cooper, Old Men Forget, 278
50 Keyes’s words, Maisky, 274
51 It knocked the House, Dugdale, Baffy, 168
52 on the lines, AM diary, 7/5/1940
53 The House notices, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
54 There is a … effort, ibid.
55 divided between, Amery, My Political Life, vol. 3, 359
56 The whole effect, ibid., 360
57 barely a dozen … day, ibid., 360
58 cherubically asleep … African history, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 242–3
59 Austen told me, ibid., 229
60 Very rowdy meeting, Herbert Williams, Politics – Grave and Gay, 220
61 a curious sing-song, Macmillan, 58
62 Spoke with considerable, Amery, Diaries, vol. 1, 79
63 my favourite old quotation, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 592
64 Your troops are, Oliver Cromwell, Letters and Speeches, 300
65 too strong meat … finish, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 592
66 doubtful whether I, CA Amel 8/76
67 The temperature … point, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
68 a case of parliamentary, Roberts, Holy Fox, 195
69 and naturally I, CA Amel 8/76, CD to LA 21/10/1954
70 murmured in my, Amery, My Political Life, vol. 3, 360
71 In the meantime, CA Amel 8/76, CD to LA 21/10/1954
72 I’ve seen it, David Faber interview with author
73 far beyond his, Macmillan, 58
74 a tribute less, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 592
75 a squashed little, Blythe, 270
76 There are few sights, ibid., 269
77 ear of the … action, Amery, My Political Life, vol. 1, 370
78 I found myself, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 592
79 The crash of glass, Spears, 120
80 the impression of volleys, ibid., 119
81 I could only … round me, Amery, My Political Life, vol. 3, 364–5
82 that I cast prudence, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 592
83 The debate in, Allingham, 168
84 My dear Leo, CA Amel 2/1/31 1940
85 so consistently helpful, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 21/10/1938
86 not without real, CA Amel 2/1/31, LA to NC, 6/10/1940
87 the pained faces … there, ibid.
88 both Chamberlain and Churchill, King, 35
89 His last words, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
90 There is little doubt, Rhodes James, George VI, 187
91 for some time past, ibid. 187
92 and had asked … National Government, ibid., 189
93 Neville Chamberlain, Frances Campbell Preston interview with author
94 he felt he had, BI EH diary, 7/11/1940
95 was always subject, Rhodes James, George VI, 187
96 Harold Macmillan and, BOD MS Eng hist 497, Wallace diary
97 Members began seriously, Foot, Guardian, 8/5/1965
98 effectively destroyed, Macmillan, 55
99 It settled the fate, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 592
100 Your great speech, CA Amel 8/76
101 which tipped the scale, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 670
102 the Government had undergone, J. E. Sewell, Mirror of Britain, 164
103 not want a change, Dugdale, Baffy, 168
104 There is no doubt, Nicolson, 77
105 the Labour leaders, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 593
106 was still unclear, Maisky, 274
107 Even the usually, Macmillan, 58
108 the Old Man would, Dalton, War Diary, 341
109 Labour is not to press, Brooks, 268
110 more death and destruction, Mirror, 9/5/1940
111 on account of his report, Shirer, Berlin Diary, 260
16 WEDNESDAY 8 MAY
1 If it’s piracy, quoted in Julian Amery, Approach March, 46
2 If Lady Alexandra, BI EH note
3 I was the first, World at War, Thames Television, 1973
4 battle-stained service, Martin Lindsay, So Few Got Through, v
5 private friendship, SP S (4) WC1/64 ‘Lindsay Memorandum’
6 and I gave him, World at War
7 His first-hand information, Oliver Lindsay in So Few Got Through, introduction, v
8 that discontent had, CA Atle 1/7-1/17
9 quite useless … accurate, SP ‘Lindsay Memorandum’
10 to help him, World at War
11 The House was packed, Spears, 123
12 ringing in our ears, Macmillan, Blast of War, 59
13 the most dramatic, Bonham Carter, Champion Redoubtable, 209
14 with all the vigour, Morrison, Autobiography, 173
15 very formidable indictment, FRO D/MJ/21 Diary 1940
16 astonishingly fierce, Maisky, 274
17 He has lots, Dalton, War Diary, 340
18 the most effective, Harvey, 355
19 There they sat, Charles Ritchie, The Siren Years, 51
20 a carefully prepared, PA HRS/1
21 Providence designed, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 402
22 perhaps the most, Foot, 178
23 Chamberlain jumped, Bonham Carter, Champion Redoubtable, 209–10
24 Not I … blackbird, Boothby, Recollections of a Rebel, 143
25 the match to, Wedgwood, 244
26 turned the tide, AM diary, 8/5/1940
27 We then knew, Channon, 245
28 The House for a Minister, Walter Elliot, Long Distance, 3
29 the worst of all, BOD MSS Simon 11
30 with his usual little, CA Amel 8/76, LA to CD 26/7/1954
31 There is the opening, Foot, 178
32 Sometimes the answer … you, Morrison, 174
33 There is terrific lobbying, PA LG/G/3/13
34 It is a direct … lobby, PA LG/G/3/13
35 with his feet, CA Amel 8/76, LA to CD 26/7/1954
36 Has the great Achilles, National Library of Wales, Clement Davies I/2/8
37 When I explained, Percy Harris, Forty Years in and out of Parliament, 150
38 with all the dignity, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
39 inimitable self, Maisky, 274
40 he was in … sheath, Maisky diary, 4/4/1940
41 His custom was, Geoffrey Shakespeare, 54
42 His speech made, Ritchie, 51
43 the b
est & most, Bonham Carter, Champion Redoubtable, 210
44 like a fat baby, AM diary, 8/5/1940
45 It would be, Foot, Guardian, 8/5/65
46 Horace Wilson, who sat, Colville, Fringes of Power, 119
47 hoping to surround … husband’s blood, Channon, 245
48 Chamberlain white, Daily Mirror, 9/5/1940
49 Norway … Sacrifice, PA LG/G/190
50 no one can feel, Minney, 271
51 You are making, King, 16
52 in war everybody, BOD MSS Simon diary 11, 15/1/1940
53 Lloyd George’s personal (footnote), Channon, 249,
54 The only person … frauds (footnote), Wrench, 415
55 I have been listening, PA LG/G/3/13
56 This is all making, Dalton, Fateful Years, 306
57 My eye has always, At the Admiralty, 1244
58 nothing should be, ibid., 1209
59 It is as a symbol, ibid., 1221
60 they could not, Fitzgerald, 38
61 In the brown hours, Hansard, 8/5/1940
62 all his time, BI EH diary, 7/5/1940
63 if any speaker, Reith, Into the Wind, 382
64 I hope you enjoyed that!, Somerset de Chair, Buried Pleasure, 50
65 playing with his fingers, Ed Murrow, This is London, 98
66 If he should openly, ibid., 99
67 departmentally and in fact, CA HLSM 4/1/4
68 A peculiar spirit, Campbell-Johnson, Halifax, 556
69 I have been sometimes, Martin Gilbert, Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, 129
70 the almost telepathic, Mcgowan, 36
71 often saved her, Colville, Inner Circle, 33
72 Churchill was lonely, Gilbert, Wilderness Years, 212
73 thank goodness, Andrew Roberts interview with author
74 monosyllables wherever, Halifax, Fulness of Days, 229
75 Winstonian diction, Amery, Diaries, vol. 1, 546
76 Quite unnecessary, Dilks, ‘Appeasement Revisited’, University of Leeds Reviews, vol. 15, no. 1, May 1972
77 he was always fearful, Moran, 132
78 He had found, ibid., 132
79 scampered … as ever, Bernays, 62–63
80 political career was finished, Gilbert, Wilderness Years, 171
81 his quite extraordinary, BOD MSS Woolton 11
82 broke like sunshine, Mohr, Churchill’s Visit to Norway, 13
83 Asking me not, Roberts, Holy Fox, 189
84 Churchill sees the world, Maisky, 440
85 I am a child, Hansard, 24/10/1950
86 We agree that, Nicolson, 79
87 begged … voting, ibid., 78
88 and that abstention, BL Add Ms 89013/2/1/9
89 unexpected mutiny, Nicolson, Montreal Standard
90 Which way … case, Chair, Die? I Thought I’d Laugh, 150
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