Across the Floor

ISBN: 9781784534509 出版年：2015 页码：338 Peter Temple-Morris Bloomsbury Publishing

On 20 June 1998 Peter Temple-Morris, Conservative MP for Leominster, crossed the floor to join his rivals on the Labour party benches. What drove a seasoned Conservative politician - one of the so-called 'Cambridge Mafia', with 24 years' experience as a Conservative his allegiance so radically? of a long and varied political career, Temple-Morris answers this question, unveiling the slow, gradual process of disillusionment with the Conservative party, especially under Margaret Thatcher, and the growing appeal of the New Labour movement undAs well as providing an important overview of British domestic politics in the secotwentieth century, Temple-Morris also explains his crucial role in Irish politics, especially in the peace process talks which led to tAgreement of 1998.