It is often said that the first rule of politics is never to
resign. It seems, however, that Britain's leaders have all too
often failed - or refused - to heed this sage advice. Fighters and
Quitters charts the scandals, controversies and cock-ups that
obliterated dreams of high office: from the ex-minister who faked
his death in the 1970s, to Geoffrey Howe's plot to topple Margaret
Thatcher in the 1990s, Chris Huhne's journey from despatch box to
jail cell in 2013 and up to Damian Green's demise in the
`Pestminster' furore of 2017. Then there are the sex and spy
scandals that heralded doom, from peers busted in bed with
prostitutes, to MPs caught cavorting in public parks and, of
course, the infamous Profumo affair. Who jumped and who was pushed?
Who battled to keep their job and who collapsed at the first hint
of pressure? Who returned, Lazarus-like, for a second act? From
humiliating surrenders to principled departures, Fighters and
Quitters lifts the lid on the lives of the politicians who fell on
their swords.
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