Labour party conference debates H-bomb
England: Scarborough: Labour Party Conference H Bomb Debate:
Hugh Gaitskell Fight and Fight again speech: Hugh Gaitskell
speech: does not wish to be leader who has lost confidence of
colleagues in Parliament: would be wrong, that in order to get rid
of a man you support a policy you did not fully believe in: (gasp
and some applause from audience): Gaitskell continues with
heckling from floor: says he has been subject of attack and he is
entitled to reply: "Do you think we can become overnight the
pacifists, unilateralists and fellow travellers that other people
are: (mixture of shouting, applause and booing): "How wrong can
you be": (more noise from floor): "Fight and fight again to bring
back sanity and honesty": he asks delegates to support policy on
defence and reject suicidal path of unilateral disarmament:
appla
