His health, however, did not improve, and during his absence from London his Chancellor Harold Macmillan and Rab Butler worked to manoeuvre him out of office.
لكن صحته لم تتحسن، وخلال غيابه من لندن، مستشاره هارولد ماكميلان و راب بتلر عملوا على مناورة لإخارجه من منصبه.