GREAT BRITAIN: The Final Week

Britain's two living ex-Prime Ministers did their bit to breathe some fire into the electioneering. "Mr. Attlee is certainly tough," taunted Sir Winston Churchill, "or he would not have kept the lead of his party for so long," but since Labor is so divided, "the best he can do is be a piebald." Replied Clem Attlee: "Sir Winston has always been a bit of a chameleon, a funny little animal that changes color. He began as a Conservative, was a Liberal for 18 years, then an Independent and ... a Conservative again....

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