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The spirit of subversion became entrenched in the public schools and
universities-that is, in institutions of what should have
been the nation's elite, charged especially with the task of
preserving the national tradition and heritage. This explains
something of the notorious Ox'ford Union resolution of the
early 'thirties: "Under no circumstances will this House
might for King and Country". The same motion, introduced
this year (1965), was defeated because Reginald Maudling
stressed Britain's obligation to meet her Nato commitments !
T h e Zeitgeist, however, does not furnish the full explana-
tion of the attack on the British spirit. Every year it spent
in opposition the Labour Party voted with monotonous
regularity against the Service Estimates. The Independent