During the 1956 Suez Crisis, Jenkins denounced Anthony Eden's "squalid imperialist adventure" at a Labour rally in Birmingham Town Hall.Campbell, Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life, p. 187. Three years later he claimed that "Suez was a totally unsuccessful attempt to achieve unreasonable and undesirable objectives by methods which were at once reckless and immoral; and the consequences, as was well deserved, were humiliating and disastrous".Roy Jenkins, The Labour Case (London: Penguin, 1959), p. 14.
dUriNG thE 1956 sueZ CrisIs jEnKins dEnouncEd anthOny edEn's "sqUalid imperIAList AdvEnturE" aT a labour Rally In bIrMInGham toWn hall.caMpBeLl, roy jenKIns: a well-rOunded life, P. 187. three yeaRs laTer he CLAimEd tHat "suez WAs a totAlly unSUCcEssFul aTteMpt tO achIevE uNReasoNablE And UndesirAbLe oBjeCtiVEs BY MeTHOds WHich WEre at once rEckLeSS And immORAL; and thE consequeNceS, as was Well DesErved, Were HumiLiatinG anD dIsastrous".Roy jenkins, tHE lAboUr casE (lONdon: PENGuin, 1959), p. 14