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Rhodri : a political life in Wales and Westminster / Rhodri Morgan.
Van Pelt Library DA722.1.R43 A3 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgan, Rhodri, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morgan, Rhodri.
- Politicians--Wales--Biography.
- Politics and government.
- Politicians.
- Wales--Politics and government--20th century.
- Wales.
- Wales--Politics and government--21st century.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--21st century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Political life in Wales and Westminster
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Rhodri: A Political Life in Wales and Westminster is the political autobiography of Rhodri Morgan. This posthumously published account of the political life of the father of Welsh devolution is delivered with the fluency and wit that was so characteristic of the man himself. The first First Minister of Wales and Welsh Labour leader revisits the early influences that shaped him politically and which led him to Westminster, and his relationship with the New Labour project and the party establishment's campaign to prevent him becoming Labour leader in Wales - before 'the people's choice' eventually prevailed. As First Minister of Wales from 2000, he led three terms of Labour Government in Cardiff Bay (with the political, as well as health, challenges of two coalition arrangements), and navigated his own path into clear red water to present a distinct alternative policy agenda to the New Labour Government in London. Written with his typical lack of ostentation, this book allows us to read the final reflections by Rhodri Morgan on political life in Wales, in Westminster and beyond, with unique insight into the first ten years in the history of the National Assembly of Wales. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Cradle of Belief 1939-1963 1
- 2 The Next Twenty-Four Years 1963-1987 41
- 3 MP Morgan: Mainstream or Maverick 1987-1997 77
- 4 Leadership Contests 1997-1998 119
- 5 They Got Us Surrounded 1998-1999 137
- 6 Getting the Show on the Road 1999-2000 157
- 7 Earning Respect 2000-2003 185
- 8 The Heyday That Wasn't 2003-2007 259
- 9 Working with Plaid 2007-2009 287
- 10 No Back-Seat Driving 2010-2017 329.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781786831477
- 1786831473
- OCLC:
- 979568591
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