Kind of blue : a political memoir /
by Clarke, Kenneth.
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BookPublisher: London : Macmillan, 2016Description: 352 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781509837199 (hbk.) :; 1509837191 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 CLASubject(s): Clarke, Kenneth | Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography | Great Britain -- Politics and government | Biography | BiographySummary: Ken Clarke charts his remarkable progress from working-class scholarship boy in Nottinghamshire to high political office and the upper echelons of both his party and of government. But he is not a straightforward Conservative politician. His position on the left of the party often led Margaret Thatcher to question his true blue credentials and his passionate commitment to the European project has led many fellow Conservatives to regard him with suspicion - and cost him the leadership on no less than three occasions.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002935500X |
Ken Clarke charts his remarkable progress from working-class scholarship boy in Nottinghamshire to high political office and the upper echelons of both his party and of government. But he is not a straightforward Conservative politician. His position on the left of the party often led Margaret Thatcher to question his true blue credentials and his passionate commitment to the European project has led many fellow Conservatives to regard him with suspicion - and cost him the leadership on no less than three occasions.
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