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Originally Posted by Falcon Jun
As to Rab Butler, I was told that he was too identified with Neville Chamberlain. Most of the government executives or politicians that supported Chamberlain's appeasement policy had to lay low or were shunted to less important responsibilities after Chamberlain fell.
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According to the Conservative party rules in this period the successor was chosen by the outgoing leader( it would then be up to the senior members of the party to agree with it, normally this was a given)
It was Churchill who later moved those who supported the appeasement policy too readily, if Rab Butler had been appointed this wouldn't apply.