But then there was moral consideration. Doubt if it is useful to enter into competition insightfulness with germans. Herbert morrison backed him up. If the Royal Air Force purposefully bombed german civilians, a cycle of frightful us would ensue and then quote public will say why did you draw this down onto us . The secretary of state for air liberal, archibald sinclair, introduced a practical consideration. Bombing civilians would represent quote a diversion of effort from the military objective. And anderson agreed quote it costs us something in them nothing. By which he meant that if they bombed defenseless towns or villages, she would lose an opportunity to bomb important military objectives while germany would lose only civilian lives. And now anthony swung decisively against the proposed action quote waste of the moon that night, bigger diversion than i had thought. So it was three for bombing german civilians, five opposed. Churchill argued quote my instinct is all the of the wa
Jonathan schneers, history professor at georgia tech, recounts Winston Churchills war cabinet, composes of men across the political spectrum who assisted the Prime Minister in the war effort. This is next on booktv. Our guest tonight is jonathan schneers. He is here to speck about his latest book, ministers at war Winston Churchill and the war cabinet, schneer is a professor of modern history and has taught modern european and british history since 1989. The author of several major works, including the thames. Dr. Schneers writings can can you found in periodical and his editor ya experience clues work as a board member of the 20th century british history. Dr. Schneers newest work spotlights churchills war cab it in of world war ii. The work illustrates how churchills own team of rivals, proved instrumental in combating nazi germanys advance towards the british isles. Joint me in welcoming jonathan schneer. [applause] good evening. Thank you for coming on a spring night when no doubt t
In a response to Rishi Sunak s shock announcement that the general election will be on 4 July, the Labour leader delivered a short address in central London.
The Prime Minister hauled his Cabinet to east London for a rally with party loyalists where he launched an attack on Sir Keir Starmer s record, asking: Who do you trust?