Manny Shinwell in finding employment for his son Ernie, and Stanley had obtained information on the disbandment of the Transjordan Frontier Force from some government source. Shinwell's seat became Easington at the February 1950 election, after which he was promoted to Minister of Defence and became a full member of the Cabinet once more. Edmund Dell described him as "putty in the hands of the defence chiefs" and his promotion as "[a] ludicrous appointment. No failure was ever great enough to persuade Attlee to deny one of his cohorts new opportunities to do damage … Shinwell never forgave Gaitskell, whom he blamed
English cricket team in Australia in 1950–51 John Warr was used to illustrate how "not" to take catches. By the convention of the time gentleman amateurs have their initials in front of their surname and professional players have their initials after their name, if their initials were used at all. "See Main Article - 1950-51 Ashes series" "See Main Article - 1950-51 Ashes series" "See Main Article - 1950-51 Ashes series" "See Main Article - 1950-51 Ashes series" "See Main Article - 1950-51 Ashes series" The English team had a stopover in Colombo "en route" to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon