 The sense of crisis was captured by the widespread call for "salvation ministries" and a "just tyrant" that would end corruption, secure the evaluation of the British from the canal zone, and institute social reforms.Each of the prime ministers in the period January–July 1952 were judged by this criterion.The popular slogan was "al-tathir qabl al-tahrir" ("purification before liberation"), namely a leader who would make Egypt strong enough to force the British to leave.