The line which landed Malone in jail related to his argument that during a revolutionary crisis, excesses might occur resulting in the killing of some prominent members of the bourgeoisie. "What are a few Churchills or a few Curzons on lampposts compared to the massacre of thousands of human beings?", Malone asked his audience. Despite Malone's prosecution, the Communist Party did not disavow Malone's rhetorical flourish, going so far as to publish an official party pamphlet, entitled What are a Few Churchills? in January 1921.Klugmann, History of the Communist Party of Great Britain, vol. 1, p. 182, fn. 2 He was stripped of his OBE on 24 June 1921., leighrayment.com; accessed 11 December 2016.
