British Politics in the Suez Crisis

1955 GENERAL ELECTION 30 October abstained abstention affairs American Aneurin Bevan Anglo-French anti-Suez Conservatives attack Britain and France British imperial British Politics cabinet canal zone cause cease-fire commitment Commonwealth conference Conservative M.P.s Conservative party constituency association criticism cross-pressure December decision despite deviation doubt economic Eden's editorial Egypt Egyptian Empire Englishmen Evans fact force Gaitskell government's Greater Britain H. C. Deb hostilities Ibid Imperial Legacy imperial preference imperialist intervention Israel Israeli Jewish M.P.s Jews Julian Amery Labour M.P. Labour party leadership least Liberal London majority ment Middle East Middle Eastern military action Nasser Nicolson November opinion opposition Parliament partisan party's political system polls postwar pressure Prime Minister pro-Israeli pro-Suez resignation response Security Council seemed significant speech Staunch Imperial Position subsequent Suez action Suez Canal Suez Crisis Suez group Suez issue troops U.N. General Assembly United Nations views vote voters withdrawal Zionist