Imperialism and democracy were as difficult to merge as black and white, but the British genius for compromise and putting blind eyes to unpleasant facts had indeed brought forth a workable system.
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The recent emergence of a group of well-educated mixed-raced Jamaican politicians posed the main threat to the delicately balanced equilibrium of British colonial rule.
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He became Governor of the Gambia in November 1928, finding it hard to deal with the general strike called by the Bathurst Trade Union in late 1929.
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