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After You, Prime Minister (Paperback)
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After You, Prime Minister (Paperback)
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Loot Price R222
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This thoughtful, and often amusing, memoir traces the life of James
Douglas-Hamilton, which has seen him serve in three different
chambers. Following 23 Years as a Conservative MP at Westminster,
he became a member of the new Scottish Parliament and now sits in
the House of Lords. Through his eyes we gain a fascinating insight
into historic events - from his early memories as a pageboy at the
Queen's coronation to his time as a Minister for Margaret
Thatcher's Government. Previously unpublished correspondences
between the author and the Iron Lady shed new light on the
controversial decision to introduce the community charge, or poll
tax, in Scotland. This memoir also includes new material from
recently declassified MI5 papers documenting the mysterious flight
to Britain made by Rudolf Hess, the Nazi Deputy Leader, during the
Second World War to see the author's father. Douglas-Hamilton's
research into this extraordinary episode, and the evidence he has
uncovered definitively lay the conspiracy theories to rest. James
Douglas-Hamilton has peopled the pages of this book with the
colourful characters he encountered during his long years of public
service, including Harold Macmillan, Helen Suzman, Jomo Kenyatta
and, of course, the indomitable Margaret Thatcher.
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