Name: Nothing Like a Dame: The Scandals of Shirley Porter (en Inglés)
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Author: Andrew Hosken
ISBN: 9781862079229

portada Nothing Like a Dame: The Scandals of Shirley Porter (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Granta Books

Autor

Andrew Hosken

Año

2007

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

368

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

1862079226

ISBN13

9781862079229

Nothing Like a Dame: The Scandals of Shirley Porter (en Inglés)

Andrew Hosken (Autor) · Granta Books · Tapa Blanda

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· The first biography of Dame Shirley Porter, architect of the ‘Homes for Votes’ scandal · By one of the BBC’s senior investigative journalists· Andrew Hosken was instrumental in locating Dame Shirley’s missing millions· Containing exclusive interviews and researchEndorsement expected from John Humphries and Ken Livingstone Homes for Votes, three cemeteries at five pence apiece, the missing Tesco millions and a gold toilet seat – plus a procession of camels, pay-as-you-go toilets and a large plastic bin called Mr Clean-Up. The hallmarks of Shirley Porter’s regime at Westminster City Council are as well known as they are farcical. The story of the Tesco’s heiress who shot to power and notoriety in the 1980s has never been told before. The fall-out from her reign in Westminster united opposition from all corners of public life, from Ken Livingstone to Margaret Thatcher, Nigella Lawson to the Queen of Holland, Westminster refuse workers to the Billy Fury fan club. The gerrymandering scandal at the heart of her policies eventually lead to Dame Shirley being found guilty of corruption and ordered to pay a surcharge of £21million. In a highly entertaining account of one of the strangest episodes in British political history, Andrew Hosken tells of Shirley Porter’s wealthy upbringing as the daughter of Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco; her rise to power in Westminster; and about the scandal and its aftermath. He has interviewed most of the individuals involved in a story that is colourful, shocking and stranger than fiction.