David Blunkett was born in 1947 in the slums near Sheffield Wednesday football ground. Currently a member of the Shadow Cabinet and born blind, David Blunkett's struggle to the top has been one of determination. The optic nerve behind each eyeball had failed to develop owing to the incompatibility of his parents' genes - a one in a million chance. It was only when Blunkett went to university that he decided to take a guide dog. Ruby was the first of four retrievers to help him with the "inconvenience" of his blindness, and subsequently became the first dog allowed in the Palace of Westminster. When the House began to be televized, it was his guide dog, Offa, who won over the British public. Now Lucy, a black retriever, sits by him in the House of Commons and travels back to his constituency in Sheffield. This book is an account of beating the system by a man and his dog.
- ISBN10 1854796844
- ISBN13 9781854796844
- Publish Date 23 August 1996 (first published 22 September 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 224
- Language English