Standing Down
eBook - ePub

Standing Down

Interviews with Retiring MPs

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Standing Down

Interviews with Retiring MPs

About this book

Whatever happens in the general election, dozens of new MPs will be entering the Commons in 2015 - but what advice would their predecessors give them? With big names such as Dame Tessa Jowell, Jack Straw and David Willetts all exiting the parliamentary stage in May, there is no better opportunity to look back on the fascinating careers of some of the most formative figures in UK politics in recent decades. Speaking candidly about their highs and lows, their contributions and regrets, their backgrounds and future plans, these twenty-six retiring MPs, interviewed by political journalist Rosa Prince, provide frank and exclusive insights into their time in Parliament, the seminal events they witnessed and their reasons for leaving. With pearls of wisdom from Sir Menzies Campbell - 'MPs always know when it's time to stand down, but they don't always admit it to themselves' - and David Blunkett - 'Knowing when to go is as important as knowing when to step up' - this timely farewell to a generation of political heavyweights is a must-read for all.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. DAVID BLUNKETT
  5. DAME JOAN RUDDOCK
  6. SARAH TEATHER
  7. JACK STRAW
  8. SIR MENZIES CAMPBELL
  9. DAVID WILLETTS
  10. DAME TESSA JOWELL
  11. IAN SWALES
  12. TIM YEO
  13. FRANK DOBSON
  14. ELFYN LLWYD
  15. SIR JOHN RANDALL
  16. MIKE WEATHERLEY
  17. GREG BARKER
  18. JOHN DENHAM
  19. DAVID HEATH
  20. SIR RICHARD OTTAWAY
  21. DAME ANNE McGUIRE
  22. SIR TONY BALDRY
  23. STEPHEN DORRELL
  24. SIR GEORGE YOUNG
  25. NICK RAYNSFORD
  26. SIR ANDREW STUNELL
  27. ANDREW MILLER
  28. FRANK DORAN
  29. JOAN WALLEY
  30. COPYRIGHT