ABSTRACT

Anti-appeasers Label applied to small grouping of Conservative MPs opposed to Neville Cham­ berlain’s policy of appeasement, which came into being during the summer of 1938. Main group followed the lead of Anthony Eden, who had resigned as foreign secretary in 1938, while a smaller number looked to Winston Churchill. Variously labelled the Glamour Boys or Edenites by the whips’ office the group­ ings lacked formality and had a very limited impact upon the government’s foreign policy.