Lord George Young (former Conservative MP for Ealing Acton 1974 – 1983 and North West Hampshire 1983 – 2015) has written a book called I’m Keeping Young – The everyday life of an MP
Interested in buying this book or already have a copy ? Lord Young is at Waterstones in the Chantry Centre, Andover on Friday 11th December from 11.00am signing copies of his book. Why not pop along and he’ll be happy to sign a copy for you !
Book Synopsis
Publications by politicians are usually their autobiographies, or their diaries. This book seeks to fill a gap between the two – neither a lengthy apologia of my record in office nor a blow by blow account of the daily experiences of my life as a politician.
Instead it is a collection of light-hearted pieces written over a space of thirty years for my local paper, first the Acton Gazette and then the Andover Advertiser. The activities of my erstwhile profession as a politician are rightly scrutinised by the media, and our fallibilities then mercilessly exposed. The same treatment is visited on the institutions we inhabit – political parties, the House of Commons, Government Departments.
These articles fish in the same pond, but with a view to putting what is caught back in the water and conserving them, rather than hitting them on the head.
I hope they may encourage the reader to take a more benign view of those who seek elected office; and possibly encourage some to have a go themselves.
‘Light hearted, sharp-witted, guaranteed to draw a smile, and often a snort of laughter, these pieces reveal a politician who is also a human being’ Matthew Parris
