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- ISBN 9781786834720
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2019
- Publisher: University of Wales Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Born into a traditional Welsh valley community, Paul Murphy has been a member of the Labour Party for more than 55 years. In this book, he describes how the socialist beliefs of that community, and of his parents especially, helped to develop his own very early political consciousness. After three years studying at Oxford, and alongside work as a lecturer in History and Government, he went on to serve on his local council before succeeding Leo Abse in 1987 as MP for his home constituency Torfaen. His time in government from 1997 onwards included seven years as Secretary of State for Wales and for Northern Ireland, in the Cabinets of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and the book provides unique insights into Murphy’s leading role at times of major constitutional change, including the pivotal part he played as Northern Ireland Minister under Mo Mowlam in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement.
- 'During the weeks leading up to the referendum, I travelled the length and breadth of Northern Ireland talking to local and regional newspapers, and presenting the case for a ‘Yes’ vote.' Read an extract of Paul Murphy's autobiography here - https://www.booklaunch.london/autumn-2019-page-10
Paul Murphy twice served as Welsh Secretary in the UK Government, first from 1999 to 2002 and secondly form 2008 to 2009. He also held the post of Northern Ireland Secretary in the Labour government between 2002 and 2005. He was MP for Torfaen from 1987 to 2015 and now sits in the House of Lords as Lord Murphy of Torfaen.
