{"product_id":"sailing-close-to-the-wind-reminiscences","title":"Sailing Close to the Wind: Reminiscences","description":"\u003cp\u003eDennis Skinner, the famed Beast of Bolsover, is adored by legions of supporters and respected as well as feared by admiring enemies. Fiery and forthright, with a prodigious recall, Skinner is one of the best-known politicians in Britain. He remains as passionate and committed to the causes he champions as on the first day he entered the House of Commons back in 1970. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age of growing cynicism about politicians, the witty and astute Skinner is renowned as a brightly burning beacon of principle. He has watched Prime Ministers come and go - Heath, Wilson, Callaghan, Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown - and yet remains uncorrupted by patronage and compromise. Cameron discovered Skinner's popularity when a public backlash forced the current PM to apologise in Parliament for calling Skinner a dinosaur who should be in a museum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkinner at eighty has a unique take on post-war Britain. A combatant in the great social, industrial and political upheavals of the last half century, he's resisted telling his extraordinary story. Until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hodder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781784291235\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hodder","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917004751025,"sku":"SB-1784291234-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1784291234.jpg?v=1789173623","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/sailing-close-to-the-wind-reminiscences","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}