Norman Rose Archives - Richard M. Langworth

Churchill on Foreign Aliens: Did He Say, “Collar the Lot”?

20 February 2022 Comments 0 Comments

"The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him judgement by his peers for an indefinite period, is in the highest degree odious….Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilisation." —WSC

“Utmost Fish”: A Churchill Story that is No Old Cod

5 June 2017 Comments 5 Comments

Q: What can you tell me about Churchill’s order for “Utmost Fish” in 1939. What did this have to do with his role as First Lord of the Admiralty?” —L.S, Spokane, Wash.

A: It had nothing to do with his role. It was characteristic of his attention to detail, and willingness to stray outside his limits.

“Utmost Fish”

Hillsdale College’s “The Churchill Documents,” Vol. 14, for September 1939-May 1940, carries a recollection by Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare. Shakespeare (1893-1980) was a Liberal MP, 1923-45. He served Churchill as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs from 1940 to 1942.…