Description
| Product ID: | 9781780276830 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Difference of Opinion |
| Subtitle: | My Political Journey |
| Authors: | Author: Jim Sillars |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Social and political philosophy, Politics and government, Political campaigning and advertising, Social & political philosophy, Politics & government, Political campaigning & advertising |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In this book, Jim Sillars gives the inside story of his life in politics. During his time serving as an MP in Westminster he met and had dealings with every prominent politician of the day, from Neil Kinnock to Margaret Thatcher, and his stories about these encounters give fascinating insights into political history. Jim Sillars, among the last of his generation’s working-class politicians, has had a prominent role in Scottish public life for more than six decades, during which he moved from being a Unionist Labour MP to becoming deputy leader of the SNP and now a sharp critic of the party’s cult of personality.In this candid memoir, he records a controversial political life from local councillor to Westminster MP, during which he had dealings with many prominent politicians of the day. But he also reflects on what moulded him in his early years, the added influences of his service in the Royal Navy, his time in Hong Kong, his trade union activity and his non-political business engagements in the Middle East and Asia.Bringing the book up to date to address contemporary issues, he offers views on Brexit, Russia, the Middle East, climate change, the Alex Salmond trial and the consequences of the 2021 Holyrood election.He and Margo MacDonald, to whom he was married for thirty-three years, were a formidable political partnership until her death in 2014. He pays a heartfelt tribute to her in this book. |
| Imprint Name: | Birlinn Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Birlinn General |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-02 |
