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Standing Down: Interviews with Retiring MPs
Standing Down: Interviews with Retiring MPs
Standing Down: Interviews with Retiring MPs
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Whatever happens in the general election, dozens of new MPs will be entering the Commons in 2015 - but what advice would their predecessors give them? With big names such as Dame Tessa Jowell, Jack Straw and David Willetts all exiting the parliamentary stage in May, there is no better opportunity to look back on the fascinating careers of some of the most formative figures in UK politics in recent decades. Speaking candidly about their highs and lows, their contributions and regrets, their backgrounds and future plans, these twenty-six retiring MPs, interviewed by political journalist Rosa Prince, provide frank and exclusive insights into their time in Parliament, the seminal events they witnessed and their reasons for leaving. With pearls of wisdom from Sir Menzies Campbell - 'MPs always know when it's time to stand down, but they don't always admit it to themselves' - and David Blunkett - 'Knowing when to go is as important as knowing when to step up' - this timely farewell to a generation of political heavyweights is a must-read for all.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 4, 2015
ISBN9781849549295
Standing Down: Interviews with Retiring MPs
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Rosa Prince

Rosa Prince is the author of Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister (Biteback, 2017), Comrade Corbyn: A Very Unlikely Coup: How Jeremy Corbyn Stormed to the Labour Leadership (Biteback, 2016) and Standing Down: Interviews with Retiring MPs (Biteback, 2015). Born and raised in London, Rosa began her career in journalism at the Daily Mirror in 1997, where she covered major news stories at home and abroad before joining the parliamentary lobby in 2004. In 2007, she crossed the floor to the Daily Telegraph, where she became assistant political editor. Part of the team that broke the 2010 expenses scandal, she also spent three years in New York as the Telegraph’s US correspondent. She is now a freelance journalist and writer.

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