A memoir from the Beast of Bolsover, aka long serving Labour politician Dennis Skinner. Now 80, he has a unique take on post-war Britain, and looks back on Heath, Wilson, Callaghan, Thatcher, Major, Blair and Brown. Written with Kevin Maguire, a columnist on the "New Statesman". Now in paperback.
| Autor: | Maguire, Kevin Skinner, Dennis |
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| ISBN: | 9781784291235 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Quercus |
| Veröffentlicht: | 14.05.2015 |
| Untertitel: | Reminiscences |
| Schlagworte: | Autobiography: historical, political & military Autobiography: historical, political and military BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical |
Dennis Skinner is the son of a miner sacked after the 1926 General Strike. Skinner, to the distress of his mother, and despite a Grammar School education, followed his dad down the pit. He was a Clay Cross and Derbyshire councillor before winning Bolsover for Labour in 1970, a seat he's held ever since. A former chairman of Labour, current member of the party's ruling National Executive Committee, Skinner's Parliamentary heckles and interventions are legendary. He was expelled so often from the Commons that suspension became an occupational hazard.