Leo
Amery was a British Conservative
Party politician
and journalist. As a parliamentary under-secretary in Lloyd George's national government, he helped draft the Balfour Declaration (1917).
On
May 7, 1940 during the Norway debate, he attacked
Neville Chamberlain's government:
“This is what Cromwell said to the Long Parliament when he
thought it was no longer fit to conduct the affairs of the nation:
You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go.”
This debate led to 42 Conservative Members of
Parliament voting against Chamberlain and 36 abstaining, leading to the
downfall of the Conservative government and the formation of a national
government under Churchill's premiership.
Is
there an American Leo Amery, a member of the US Congress, to say these words to
Barack Obama?
How about Marco Rubio?
How about Marco Rubio?
