David Blunkett - Couverture souple

Pollard, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340825359 ISBN 13 : 9780340825358

Editeur : Hodder Paperback, 2005

Synopsis

Now in paperback, this is the book that was flung across the chamber of the House of Commons as it became the centrepiece of of battle between Tony Blair and Michael Howard. David Blunkett has never been a conventional politician -- or personality. Blind since childhood, seemingly a traditional 'old Labour' councillor in Sheffield, he became Home Secretary and a key member of the Labour government. How did this son of a Sheffield steel worker achieve all this? And what motivates him now? This fully updated biography is based on many hours of intimate conversation, covering not only his early life and blindness but also life on the government front bench -and his hopes for the future. As you would expect, Blunkett is candid in his opinions of his political allies and opponents - and unsparing in his analysis of his own performance.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Pollard is a political columnist who writes regularly for British and American newspapers. He is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the New Europe, and at Civitas, the Institute for the Study of Civil Society, in London. He is co-author with Andrew Adonis of A Class Act -- the Myth of Britain's Classless Society, which was shortlisted for the 1997 Orwell Prize. In 2003 he was a prize winner at the Bastiat awards for journalism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Paperback
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340825359
• ISBN 13: 9780340825358
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible