Just a Simple Belfast Boy by Lord Brian Mawhinney
The memoirs of one of the big beasts of late twentieth- century British politics.
'[An]Engaging life story..Mawhinney is damning about a number of football powerbrokers.' Daily Mail '[W]ritten in an easy, conversational style. It is a good read' Church Times
Brian Mawhinney was born in 1940 in Belfast. He was elected Member of Parliament for Peterborough in 1979 then for North West Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2005. He became Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office in 1990 then Minister of State at the Department of Health until 1994 when he joined the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport. He also served as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio, stepping down from the House of Commons in May 2005, after which he was created a life peer becoming Baron Mawhinney, of Peterborough. In 2003, he was appointed Chairman of The Football League where he oversaw a reorganisation of the league structure. He lives in Peterborough.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849545327 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849545324 |
| Title | Just a Simple Belfast Boy |
| Author | Lord Brian Mawhinney |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Biteback Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-04-16 |
| Number of pages | 371 |
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