Free At Last - Diaries 1991-2001

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Tony Benn is the longest serving MP in the history of the Labour Party. He left Parliament in 2001, after more than half a century in the House of Commons, to devote more time to politics. This volume of his Diaries describes & comments, in a refreshing & honest way, upon the events of a momentous decade including two world wars, a change of government in Britain & the emergence of New Labour, of which he makes clear he is not a member.

Tony Benns account is a well documented, formidable & principled critique of the New Labour Project, full of drama, opinion, humour, anecdotes & sparkling pen-portraits of politicians on both sides of the political divide. But his narrative is also broader & more revealing about day-to-day political life, covering many aspects normally disregarded by historians & lobby correspondents, relating to his work in the constituency, including his advice surgeries.

This volume also offers far more of an insight into Tony Benns personal life, his thoughts about the future & his relationship with his family, especially his remarkable wife Caroline, whose illness & death overshadow these years. Tony Benn is a unique figure on the British political landscape: a true democrat, a passionate socialist & diarist without equal.

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A fascinating insight into British politics & Tony Benn.

This paperback book has 752 pages & measures: 19.9 x 12.8 x 4.4cm.