Britain's role tomorrow

By:

Mayhew, Christopher

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Hutchinson; 1967Description: 192 pSubject(s):

International relations

DDC classification:

327.42 MAY

Summary: This is the definitive book about the great 'East of Suez' controversy. Its main recommendations were embodied in the important policy resolution on which the government was defeated at the Brighton Conference of the Labour Party in 1966. They are now official Labour party policy, and are also widely supported within the Conservative and Liberal parties. When Christopher Mayhew resigned as Minister of Defence for the Navy, be cause he could no longer support the government's policies, The Times com mented on his resignation speech that he 'lifted the Defence White Paper out of the hot confusion of Party warfare in the Commons today and sliced it to pieces with the old scalpel of logic'. With the same cool and incisive reason ing he now formulates a viable overseas policy for the future. He argues from a position of unimpeachable authority, as one who has recently had access to information, and shared in discussions, from which the ordinary citizen (and the ordinary MP) are excluded. Mr Mayhew's argument is based on undeniable facts. Britain's status and power overseas have declined; her 'peace-keeping' role has changed its nature; our dependence on the U.S.A. constantly increases. He therefore de mands a withdrawal by the 1970s from commitments East of Suez, answering squarely all the objections to such a policy-what would happen in South East Asia and the Persian Gulf? Would the Chinese and the Egyptians move in? Could we afford to offend the Ameri cans? Would our oil interests suffer? His positive demand is for a defence policy rooted in Europe, fortified by improved relations with countries both sides of the Iron Curtain, and leading to entry into the Common Market. The author is not a prophet in the wild erness. During the early sixties he was the Labour Party's Deputy Spokesman on Foreign Affairs. He has been a frequent delegate to the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the Western. European Union. He is the spokesman for people of all parties who share his views on this vital issue.

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This is the definitive book about the great 'East of Suez' controversy. Its main recommendations were embodied in the important policy resolution on which the government was defeated at the Brighton Conference of the Labour Party in 1966. They are now official Labour party policy, and are also widely supported within the Conservative and Liberal parties.

When Christopher Mayhew resigned as Minister of Defence for the Navy, be cause he could no longer support the government's policies, The Times com mented on his resignation speech that he 'lifted the Defence White Paper out of the hot confusion of Party warfare in the Commons today and sliced it to pieces with the old scalpel of logic'. With the same cool and incisive reason ing he now formulates a viable overseas policy for the future. He argues from a position of unimpeachable authority, as one who has recently had access to information, and shared in discussions, from which the ordinary citizen (and the ordinary MP) are excluded.

Mr Mayhew's argument is based on undeniable facts. Britain's status and power overseas have declined; her 'peace-keeping' role has changed its nature; our dependence on the U.S.A. constantly increases. He therefore de mands a withdrawal by the 1970s from commitments East of Suez, answering squarely all the objections to such a policy-what would happen in South East Asia and the Persian Gulf? Would the Chinese and the Egyptians move in? Could we afford to offend the Ameri cans? Would our oil interests suffer? His positive demand is for a defence policy rooted in Europe, fortified by improved relations with countries both sides of the Iron Curtain, and leading to entry into the Common Market.

The author is not a prophet in the wild erness. During the early sixties he was the Labour Party's Deputy Spokesman on Foreign Affairs. He has been a frequent delegate to the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the Western. European Union. He is the spokesman for people of all parties who share his views on this vital issue.

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