As it Seemed to Me by John Cole

As it Seemed to Me by John Cole

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For more than 30 years John Cole reported the political occurrences in Britain, first as a journalist on "The Guardian", later as deputy editor of "The Observer" and finally, for ten years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, as the Political Editor of the BBC. These are his memoirs.

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As it Seemed to Me by John Cole

John Cole has had a ringside seat on the British public life for the past 40 years.During that time he kept notes of his conversations with politicians,but he is now free of the constraints that the need for both brevity and balance imposedwhen he was BBc Political Editor.He is now free to tell tales from inside the Cabinet Room.His cast includes every PrimeMinister since Harold Wilson,every leader of the opposition and many others besides.He also dips further into memory to record a youthful encounter with Clement Attlee,the last British Prime Minister to cross the Irish border withoput a police guard.AS IT SEEMED TO ME is full of revealing stories about our politicians from the best known political commentator of recent times.
John Cole was Political Editor of the BBC. Previously a newspaper journalist, he served on the Guardian and rose to be deputy editor of The Observer. He is married with four sons.
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ISBN 13 9781857994254
ISBN 10 1857994256
Title As it Seemed to Me
Author John Cole
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1996-03-04
Number of pages 464
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