Beyond A Fringe: Tales from a reformed Establishment lackey by Mitchell | Andrew

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161mm x 243mm x 36mm

Pages: 384

THE WINNER OF THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARD 2021 FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY A PARLIAMENTARIAN
GÇ£A cracking good read GÇô full of mischief and shrewd observation. - Gyles Brandreth
Veering from the hilarious to the tragic, Andrew MitchellGÇÖs tales from the parliamentary jungle make for one of the most entertaining political memoirs in years.
From his prep school years, straight out of Evelyn Waugh, through the Army to Cambridge, the City of London and the Palace of Westminster, Mitchell has passed through a series of British institutions at a time of furious social and political change GÇô in the process becoming rather more cynical about the British Establishment. Here, he reflects on the perils and pleasures of loyalty, whether to a party, to individuals or to oneGÇÖs own principles.
He brilliantly lifts the lid on the dark arts of the government WhipsGÇÖ Office (GÇÿWhipping, like stripping, is best done in privateGÇÖ) and reveals how he accidentally started Boris JohnsonGÇÖs political career and later naively backed him to be Prime Minister GÇô an act which rebounded on him spectacularly.
Mitchell also writes candidly about the Plebgate fiasco, which led to four police officers being sacked for gross misconduct and in one case imprisoned, while Mitchell himself faced a bill of millions of pounds in legal fees after losing his libel case.
Engagingly honest about his ups and downs in politics, Beyond a Fringe is crammed with hilarious political anecdotes and irresistible insider gossip from the heart of Westminster.