John Cole has had a ringside seat on the British public life for the past 40 years.During that time he kept notes of his conversations with politicians,but he is now free of the constraints that the need for both brevity and balance imposedwhen he was BBc Political Editor.He is now free to tell tales from inside the Cabinet Room.His cast includes every PrimeMinister since Harold Wilson,every leader of the opposition and many others besides.He also dips further into memory to record a youthful encounter with Clement Attlee,the last British Prime Minister to cross the Irish border withoput a police guard.AS IT SEEMED TO ME is full of revealing stories about our politicians from the best known political commentator of recent times.
- ISBN10 1857994256
- ISBN13 9781857994254
- Publish Date 4 March 1996 (first published 3 April 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 July 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 464
- Language English