"It cannot be in this country's interest that those who are called on io direct its affairs should work in uneasy partnership.
"Fully conscious of the differences in outlook, yet hoping that they will not recur, this applies with special force to the relationship between a Premier and a Foreign Secretary.
"It is for these reasons that, with very deep regret, I have decided that I must leave you and your colleagues with whom I have been associated during years of great difficulty and stress.
"I can never forget the help and counsel that you have always so readily given me. Our differences cannot dace that memory nor can they influence our friendship; berlain, the Prime Minister, who was then lunching with Their Majesties at Buckingham Palace.
Later, on arriving at the House, the Prime Minister was greeted with cheers from the Ministerial benches and some boos from the Opposition.
Lord Cranborne, however, was given a great ovation on entering the House. Opposition, and also some Government benches, cheered for two minutes, with the Opposition waving order papers.
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