If there is one man who had better not be
in Kenya it is Mr. Fenner Brockway, M.P.; and if there is one place where Mr. Fenner Brockway had better not be it is Kenya. He is a man with whom enthusiasm—often, no doubt, perfectly worthy enthusiasm—habitually outruns judgement. He is a man of the extreme Left, having been a leading member of the I.L.P. down to 1946. The position in Kenya is one of the utmost delicacy and danger. Irresponsible persons appearing suddenly, with the prestige that attaches to the letters M.P. and with no detailed knowledge of immediately recent events in the Kikuyu country, are capable of embroiling the situation deplorably. The Colonial Secretary has done precisely the right thing in going to Kenya to study the situation for himself. He goes not as a party politician but as one of the Queen's Ministers. Everything should be done to give his mission promise of success. It is not easy to suppose that Mr. Fenner Brockway's presence in Kenya will conduce to that.
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