| Maudling, like Butler, made a speech that failed to impress the conference. |
| His understanding of economics was primitive, and he gave his Chancellor, Reginald Maudling, free rein to handle financial affairs. |
| Butler has been betrayed, Maudling insulted, Macleod ignored, Heath treated with contempt, and Hailsham giggled out of court by the jester in hospital. |
| Maudling, when Parliament dispersed at the beginning of August, could have commanded a majority among backbenchers in the Commons. |
