Confessions of a Recovering MP
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Confessions of a Recovering MP
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Nick de Bois
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Nick de Bois
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Shortlisted for the Political Books Awards ‘Best Parliamentary Memoir 2018’
You are not an executive who can make and enforce decisions. You are a legislator who votes on making laws.
You are not a counsellor, a housing officer, benefits clerk, bank or trading standards officer, but you are often expected to provide a new home, sort out benefits, provide a loan, or settle a dispute about a computer game bought for little Jimmy that doesn't work.
You are, in fact, a 21st-century Member of Parliament representing about 125,000 good folk from your constituency by taking your seat in probably the finest parliament in the world (despite what you may read or hear in the media).
You are elected by a simple majority from roughly 50,000 people who mark their ‘X’ by your name at a general election, hoping that you will be able to make a difference somehow.
Then, when as a new MP, you walk through the Members Lobby filled with a vision of how you will leave your mark on this place and this nation, what you are almost certainly unaware of is that your constituents, your government, the press, and the very institution of the Palace of Westminster have other plans for you.
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When talking about people living in poverty his view seems to be that as people aren’t literally dying of starvation that they are moaning unreasonably. Then once defeated in the 2015 election his smug self satisfaction at being a ‘leader of private industry’ is punctured by being rejected for a public sector leadership role.
He does not always seem very self aware. His performance as an MP was lacklustre, his ability in business does not distinguish him against superior competition vying for senior jobs. He was a mediocre politician and although there are flickers of awareness of his irrelevance there are more moments where a sense of self importance emerges.
It’s a decent book, entertaining in the main, not as much detail about daily jobs of politicians as I would have liked and a bit too many parts that drift, but given lack of competition in the genre it is well worth a read.
Worth Reading if you ignore the Politics
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