This is a frank gripping & moving
- & controversial
- autobiography from one of the most idiosyncratic & effective politicians of the last fifty years. His political convictions his distance from New Labour & his direct plain-speaking style & personality have allowed him to survive longer than any of his contemporaries as a man of principle & influence. From his eccentric South London working class childhood to running one of the biggest cities in the world Livingstone is one of the very few politicians to have scored a major victory over the Thatcher Government & has championed issues as diverse as the environment gay rights & anti-racism. Written in Livingstones unmistakable voice by turns angrily sincere about social justice wickedly droll & gossipy & surprisingly wistful about people he has known & loved this is a hugely important & remarkable book from one of the very few respected politicians at work today.