Clement Attlee gave Laski no role in the new Labour government . Even before the libel trial , Laski 's relationship with Attlee was a strained one . Laski had once called Attlee " uninteresting and uninspired " in the American press and even tried to remove him by asking for Attlee 's resignation in an open letter . He tried to delay the Potsdam Conference until after Attlee 's position was clarified . He tried to bypass Attlee by directly dealing with Winston Churchill . Laski tried to preempt foreign policy decisions , laying down guidelines for the new Labour government . Attlee rebuked him : Though he continued to work for the Labour party until his death , he never regained political influence . His pessimism deepened as he disagreed with the anti-Soviet policies of the Attlee government in the emerging Cold War , and he was profoundly disillusioned with the conservative direction of American policy
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
Harold Laski