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MP’s historical account challenged

Some of the contents of our local MP’s July newsletter exposes more about her thinking processes than anything she has revealed before.
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Some of the contents of our local MP’s July newsletter exposes more about her thinking processes than anything she has revealed before.

On page 3 she displays herself as an inaccurate and somewhat prejudiced ‘revisionist historian’ whilst at the same time clearly demonstrating her slender belief in democracy. Although he was not even born at the time, we are told that David Cameron, the former British prime minister, spoke of telling visitors to Downing Street of “the four days in May 1940 when Winston Churchill and his cabinet debated whether or not to surrender to Hitler.”

It was known that Lord Halifax was an appeaser and Winston soon shot him off to Washington. It was also known that Ambassador Kennedy, father of the president, was defeatist in his reports, but after the Royal Navy attacked the French fleet to stop it getting into enemy hands, the world knew we were still in business.

In his memoirs, Winston recorded on the day he became prime minister: “went to bed about 3 a.m. I was conscious of a profound sense of relief. At last I had the authority to give directions over the whole scene.” Hardly the thoughts of a man talking about surrender, Ms. May. His sentiments were widely applauded and shared throughout the country, as evidenced by the recruiting numbers for the LDV (Home Guard) in response to just one radio broadcast by Anthony Eden.

Ms. May should also consult the now released Cabinet Office weekly resumes of the naval, military and air situation for every day of the months of May and June 1940 which are no longer “kept under lock and key” for they record every incident and all casualties and points of view in meticulous detail.

For modern history – Elizabeth May I award you an E-!

Perhaps more important, whilst this lady is still in action on the Ottawa front is her view that Cameron’s decision to offer the British people a referendum on their continued membership of the European Union was a “catastrophic error in judgment.” The British had tried it and seen their industries and jobs shipped or priced out with more and more foreign goods in their shops. Winston would have said, “Trust the people,” and he would have been right, and whatever the result he would not have cut and run. Ms. May would not have even asked them. Some democrat.

Political Science – send her to Jeremy Corbyn for further training.

Ralph Smith

Saanich