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The Importance of Being Awkward: The Autobiography of Tam Dalyell
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Tam Dalyell
When veteran Labor MP Tam Dalyell retired as Father of the House in 2005, the Commons lost not only one of its most colorful and outspoken politicians, but also one of its most deeply principled members. In a parliamentary career that spanned 43 years and the administrations of eight Prime Ministers (from Macmillan to Blair), Dalyell was never a stranger to controversy. Hi
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When Tam retired from Parliament I wrote to him and hoped that he would take time out from his bee-keeping to write an autobiography. The result six years in the making has a mixture of local interest stories from the West Lothian perspective plus a look at many of the key points in history to which he contributed. It shows how often he was on the ball on key issues but was overlooked. Well worth the read.
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