The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

On V-E Day he stood next to Churchill looking down on the crowd on Whitehall. He was a firm opponent of fascism and of British appeasement of the fascist powers. Attlee fixed him with his eye: ’Did you know Ernie Bevin?'
‘I have met him sir’ Phillips replied.

Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British trade union leader and Labour politician.