Chips Channon

I've been reading Chips Channon Diaries (Yes Dead Cats can Read!). He was a Tory MP for Southend during the 30s and 40s. He was part of "society" and often had lunch with Winston and King Edward. His life was one social whirl of glamourous parties and lunches. Its a great read for anyone interested in UK politics or history. The great thing with a diary is that it really does take you back to that era with no hindsight or agendas, just how life was viewed at that time.

I came across Chips when reading the Alan Clark diaries, another great read! He kept mentioning Chips's diaries so I had to hunt them down.

One thing that stood out was the amount of nice food he ate during the war! Here was me thinking they were all surviving on rations, obviously the upper classes had access to nicer stuff, although he did complain about having rabbit a bit to much.

And what would he made of the modern day conservatives. I'm sure he would have been aghast at the fact the leader of the party cycles to Westminster (ok, with a car following him), WHAT NO BENTLEY!!!!