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On September 2, 1939, the day after Hitler invaded Poland, Neville Chamberlain had just told the Parliament why he was not calling for a declaration of war. Arthur Greenwood, speaking for the Labour opposition, presumed to favor war, rose, he said, to speak for Labour. From the Tory benches, Leo Amery shouted: "Speak for England, Arthur." And so he did.
John Major's essay in defense of British liberties is of a piece with that, and all the more welcome among those who had not been his supporters when he was at Number 10. I suspect many from the Labour benches as well are inclined to echo Amery.
Speak for England, John.
