He had tried to have delegates from the other two parties and later wrote, "If the leaders of the Labour and Liberal oppositions had come with us there might have been a political situation so intense as to enforce remedial action."
Han havde forsøgt at få deltagere fra de andre to partier med, og skrev senere, at "Hvis lederne af Labour og de liberale havde sluttet sig til os, ville det måske have skabt en så intens politisk situation, at det havde udløst øjeblikkelig handling".