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Hardback. Condition: Good. It's amazing how often politicians' most public words come back to haunt them, and Mission Accomplished is a priceless treasure-trove of their verbal blunders, indiscretions, regrettable promises, about-turns, deceptions, lies .and just plain stupidity. Ranging across the centuries and across the globe this salutary and hugely funny book comes bang up-to-date with all those immortal lines our leaders have made into classics. 'This is a great day for France.' - Richard Nixon in Paris for the funeral of President Pompidou, 1974. 'It's not a day for sound bites; really, we can leave those at home. But I feel the hand of history on our shoulder.' - Tony Blair, on the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, 1998. 'If Prime Minister Sharon had lived.he is dead, isn't he? No? It's an easy mistake to make.' - Kim Howells, Middle East Minister, 2007. This 'skunk' is unbelievably powerful. It's completely different to - I think I'll stop there. Conservative leader, David Cameron, 2007 'I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.' - President George W. Bush, 2002.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Based on new research and previously unpublished sources, this text will appeal to historians and church enthusiasts as well as the curious. It offers engaging proof that even vicars don''t practice what they preach.'.

Paperback. Condition: Good. In this surprising and eccentric autobiography from a former Conservative MP, Matthew Parris writes of his personal and political life with equal candour. With a First from Cambridge and the possibility of working for the Foreign Office, he decided instead to apply to be an apprentice diesel-fitter with London Transport. He was rejected and so turned to a life in politics. He has worked with Margaret Thatcher, Chris Patten, Tony Blair and Michael Portillo, and his observations of political lifeand those who move within it are truly fascinating. This colourful memoir is an account of a young life already well lived.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. It's amazing how often politicians' most public words come back to haunt them, and Mission Accomplished is a priceless treasure-trove of their verbal blunders, indiscretions, regrettable promises, about-turns, deceptions, lies .and just plain stupidity. Ranging across the centuries and across the globe this salutary and hugely funny book comes bang up-to-date with all those immortal lines our leaders have made into classics. 'This is a great day for France.' - Richard Nixon in Paris for the funeral of President Pompidou, 1974. 'It's not a day for sound bites; really, we can leave those at home. But I feel the hand of history on our shoulder.' - Tony Blair, on the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, 1998. 'If Prime Minister Sharon had lived.he is dead, isn't he? No? It's an easy mistake to make.' - Kim Howells, Middle East Minister, 2007. This 'skunk' is unbelievably powerful. It's completely different to - I think I'll stop there. Conservative leader, David Cameron, 2007 'I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.' - President George W. Bush, 2002.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A frank autobiography by "The Times" columnist and ex-politican Matthew Parris. His childhood was spent on a variety of different countries as his engineer father moved jobs; Rhodesia, Cyprus, the Middle East and Jamaica. After Cambridge and Yale, he joined the Conservative central office at roughly the same time (aged 26) he discovered he was gay. He worked for Michael Dobbs, Chris Patten, and Mrs Thatcher (who famously fired him), before entering parliament himself. Part participant, part bystander, Matthew Parris describes what it was like to be so close to the centre and remain an outsider.…

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