p.

3.

together for 22 weeks, or 5 months - & that time has been
split up into 9 periods. It really is not good enough, is
it darling? By God, but we shall have to make up
for this, & whatever we do must always be done together.
Will you also insist on that, darling, please?

I am very anxious to have replies from you to my letters
trying to tel you something about my ideas for the
future. Whether you agree or in what ways you do
not - & how desparate you are to be of some service
in making a changed England.

It is really frightfully difficult for me to tell from
here, how public opinion really is at home - & whether any of
the political parties have any set programme for after the
war. The B.B.C. is useless - the Palestine Post is pretty
conservative (small "c" intentionally) & heavily censored. The
last few weeks I have been able to get hold of the
New Statesman - always 3 months out of date - & I
find it like a breath of fresh air, but also not too
cheerful about our manner of running the war or
preparing for the peace. Apart from that, I can
only speculate according to the news which comes through
But the Labor Party seem to me to be very much
without a policy, & in any case far too timid & easy
going & frightened of real Socialism - or perhaps they
are not frightened but do not believe in it. It seems to
me that Stafford Cripps is an important key to the
situation. You remember, in 1938 or 9, he was expelled
by the Labour Party Executive. Now, he is a force in
the War Cabinet. he quite obviously has not changed
any of his opinions - & equally obviously he will either
be the leader of the Labour Party after the war, or