Dennis Skinner. Sailing Close to the Wind: Reminiscences. (Hardback) 2014

SAILING CLOSE TO THE WIND: REMINISCENCES by Dennis Skinner, (Autobiography)

I am proud to stand up for my class, to say publicly that I am from good working-glass stock. I am proud to be a trade unionist, to be a member of the Labour Party and to be a socialist. I stick to my principles. I know no other way in politics. I make mistakes, everbody does. Nobody is perfect. I have no monopoly on the best way of being a MP. I try not to let anybody down. I've sailed close to the win in my life but always for the good of the cause, to champion those at the bottom of the pile who deserve better.

 

Dennis Skinner, the famed Beast of Bolsover, is adored by legions of supporters and respected as well as feared by admiring enemies. Fiery and forthright, with a prodigious recall, Skinner s one of the best-known polioticians in Britain. He remains as passionate and committed to the causes he champions as onthe first day he entered the House of Commons in 1970.

A FIRST EDITION hardback published in 2014 by Quercus (£20.00 r.r.p.)