![]() ![]() And how the Tories cheered! The hungry sheep had not tasted pasture since the General Election. “ Look, no hands!” he seemed to be saying to the admiring spectators. He liked to show his skill manipulating the diplomatic vehicle. The Foreign Office brief was carefully laid aside to make room for a burst of feeling. Questions were answered with a cultivated languor. When he stepped to the despatch box last November he seemed to have acquired a new ease and mastery Those Tories who suspected that Churchill 3 was lapsing into his political second childhood looked eagerly for the day Anthony would mount the throneĪnd Anthony himself was willing to respond. The post-war Eden appeared ready for any summons. ![]() The exclamative phrase look ( mum, or ma), no hands! is used of something done cleverly-as in this extract from the portrait of Anthony Eden 1 by Michael Foot 2, published in the Daily Herald (London, England) of Friday 29 th February 1952: ![]()
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