Beyond a fringe : tales from a reformed establishment lackey / Andrew Mitchell.
By: Mitchell, Andrew [author.]
.Publisher: London : Biteback Publishing, 2021Description: ix, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (chiefly colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785906985.Subject(s): Mitchell, Andrew, 1956- | Politicians -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- Biography | Politicians -- Great Britain -- 21st century -- Biography | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2010- | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2010DDC classification: 920 Summary: "Veering from the hilarious to the tragic, Andrew Mitchell’s tales from the parliamentary jungle make for one of the most entertaining political memoirs in years. From his prep school years, straight out of Evelyn Waugh, through the Army to Cambridge, the City of London and the Palace of Westminster, Mitchell has passed through a series of British institutions at a time of furious social change – in the process becoming rather more cynical about the Establishment. Here, he brilliantly lifts the lid on its inner workings, from the punctilio of high finance to the dark arts of the government Whips’ Office, and reveals how he accidentally started Boris Johnson’s political career – an act which rebounded on him spectacularly. Engagingly honest about his ups and downs in politics, Beyond a Fringe is crammed with riotous political anecdotes and irresistible insider gossip from the heart of Westminster."-- Taken from publisher's website. https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/beyond-a-fringe
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"Veering from the hilarious to the tragic, Andrew Mitchell’s tales from the parliamentary jungle make for one of the most entertaining political memoirs in years. From his prep school years, straight out of Evelyn Waugh, through the Army to Cambridge, the City of London and the Palace of Westminster, Mitchell has passed through a series of British institutions at a time of furious social change – in the process becoming rather more cynical about the Establishment. Here, he brilliantly lifts the lid on its inner workings, from the punctilio of high finance to the dark arts of the government Whips’ Office, and reveals how he accidentally started Boris Johnson’s political career – an act which rebounded on him spectacularly. Engagingly honest about his ups and downs in politics, Beyond a Fringe is crammed with riotous political anecdotes and irresistible insider gossip from the heart of Westminster."-- Taken from publisher's website.