Going Nowhere: A Memoir - Couverture rigide

Ruddock, Joan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1849549974 ISBN 13 : 9781849549974

Editeur : Biteback Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

The story of Joan Ruddock, born in the Welsh valleys, who came to lead one of Britain's biggest protest movements and went on to address the United Nations, before becoming an MP and minister, is a remarkable one.

After her election to the Commons in 1987, Joan held three consecutive shadow posts and, by 1997, was thought to be on the fast-track to high office. Despite having what was perceived by all to be a promising political future ahead, she was overlooked in Tony Blair's early appointments and, as such, branded 'going nowhere' by the press.

The slight, though shocking, proved to be baseless, and Joan was soon appointed the first ever full-time Minister for Women. It was a portfolio that saw her, alongside Harriet Harman, push through a radical agenda, getting sacked for her pains a year later. Undaunted, she ran a number of high-profile campaigns from the back benches, including opposing GMOs, championing Afghan women's rights and modernising the Commons.

A frank and good-humoured account of a life punctuated by political activism as well as personal tragedy, Going Nowhere is the story of how Joan defied expectations and maintained her resolve throughout twenty-eight uninterrupted years in Parliament.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dame Joan Ruddock was the Labour MP for Lewisham Deptford from 1987 to 2015. She won her seat in Parliament after many years as an equalities and anti-poverty campaigner, having already gained national prominence as chairperson of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the early 1980s.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Biteback Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849549974
• ISBN 13: 9781849549974
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible