COMMONWEALTH ATTACK
i'N 2 P A.-Reuter—Copyright) CAMBORNE (England), Mr Enoch Powell, an unsuccessful contender for the British Conservative Party leadership last year, launched a strong attack on the Commonwealth this week-end. Most people in Britain saw no reality or sub-
stance in the Commonwealth idea, he said in a speech prepared for delivery at Camborne. They believed that the Commonwealth’s “unreal convention” was leading Britain into actions and situations contrary to her national interest He cited the Rhodesian crisis, aid to developing countries, and Common-
wealth immigration to Britain. Mr Powell, the Conservative Party’s defence expert, caused a storm at his party’s annual conference last October. In a speech he said that Britain’s defence commitments east of Suez should be trimmed, and greater emphasis put on a proEuropean policy.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30960, 17 January 1966, Page 11
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