Montgomery's Mistake
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Common Market may be, there can surely only• be agreement about the ethics of trying to enlist a revered elder statesman on one's own side by divulging to the press something said in a private conversation. Sir Winston Churchill's restatement of his position on the Common Market would seem to show that Lord Montgomery had in any case misunderstood him, but this only aggravates the offence. In fact, Sir Winston once again shows himself to be a good deal more sensible than other elder statesmen on this as on other issues. It was hardly likely that someone whose speeches played such a part in giving an impetus towards European unity would renounce his own ideas when they are on the point of being realised.
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