Acts of Defiance by Jack Ashley

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Acts of Defiance by Jack Ashley

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Summary

This is the personal and political memoir of the Labour MP Jack Ashley. Beginning in the slums during the Depression, the book journeys to Westminster, where Ashley became afflicted with deafness. For the last 20 years, he has fought to bring disability onto the parliamentary agenda.

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Acts of Defiance by Jack Ashley

This is the personal and political memoir of the Labour MP on his journey from the slums during the Depression, to Westminster, where he became afflicted with total deafness at the point in his career when he had been tipped for a ministerial post. For the last 20 years Ashley has fought imaginative and tireless battles to bring disability and the rights of the underprivileged firmly onto the parliamentary agenda.

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ISBN 13 9780140166415
ISBN 10 0140166416
Title Acts of Defiance
Author Jack Ashley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1994-07-28
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.