Gyles Brandreth’s diaries do not offer a formal account of government in the 1990s—far from it. These diaries start in 1990 when Brandreth, after a career in theatre, television, and publishing, decided that he wanted to become a Tory MP. There is an all-star cast, including Princess Diana, Bill Clinton, Joanna Lumley, Jeffrey Archer, and Norman Lamont.
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Gyles Brandreth is a former Oxford Scholar and President of the Oxford Union and worked in theatre, television and publishing before becoming MP for the City of Chester in 1992. He held a number of junior ministerial appointments before becoming a Government Whip. In the run-up to the 1997 General Election he was Lord Commissionar of the Treasury with special responsibility for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Kenneth Clarke), the Cabinet Office, and the Deputy Minister (Michael Heseltine). He is married with two children.
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How to be a Member of the British Parliament,
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This review is from: Breaking the Code: Westminster Dairies (Hardcover)
Gyles Brandreth's new book is a marvellously well-crafted and naturally comic account of the author's five years as MP for the City of Chester. It chronicles the last parliament of Conservative Power under the premiereship of John Major. It makes compelling reading and has completely distracted me from my academic work.
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Secretary of State, Chief Whip, John Major, Central Office, Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, House of Commons, Downing Street, John Smith, Northern Ireland, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Financial Secretary, Home Secretary, Finance Bill, Sir Peter, Member of Parliament, Michael Howard, Norman Lamont, Chief Secretary, Labour Party, Party Chairman, Conservative Party, Jeremy Hanley, Prince Philip, Wirral South New!
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Secretary of State, Chief Whip, John Major, Central Office, Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, House of Commons, Downing Street, John Smith, Northern Ireland, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Financial Secretary, Home Secretary, Finance Bill, Sir Peter, Member of Parliament, Michael Howard, Norman Lamont, Chief Secretary, Labour Party, Party Chairman, Conservative Party, Jeremy Hanley, Prince Philip, Wirral South New!
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- Private Secretary by Sheila May on page 4, page 178, and page 364
- The Labour Party: A Centenary History by Brian Brivati on page 282, and page 419
- Great Contemporaries by Winston S. Churchill on page 241, and page 427
- Northern Ireland by Robert Blair on page 284, and page 288
- Northern Ireland (Cambridge Regional Geography) by Douglas A. Hill on page 284, and page 288
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- The NUM and British Politics: 1944-1995 v. 1 (Studies in Labour History) by Andrew Taylor on page 332, page 333, and Back Matter
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- Parliaments and Citizens in Western Europe (Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe) by Philip Norton on page 41, and page 42
- Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage by Gyles Brandreth in Front Matter
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