Churchillian Gesture

Who will be the next leader of the Conservative Party? Only a few weeks ago a shrewd London political observer remarked that he would be the first brash young Tory backbencher with courage enough to say to Winston Churchill what Leopold Amery said to Neville Chamberlain in 1940: "In the name of God, go!" Many a Tory leader has felt the same way, but last fortnight's sweeping Conservative victory in Britain's municipal elections has brought the Winnie-must-go movement to a quick halt. "I still think he ought to go," said one distinguished Conservative last week, "but I know now that he won't, so it's academic."

Triumphant and unassailable, the former Prime Minister himself revealed his future plans to other top Tories. Confident that the Labor Government will be forced into a general election well before its five-year term expires in 1950, Winnie now proposes to keep the Tory leadership and return to Downing Street as Prime Minister after the victory he believes assured. He further plans to form a Government, head it for the first few months, and then --and only then--depart official life in what a mimicking crony described last week as "a grahnd eggzit."

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