Acts of Defiance

by JackAshley (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.40

  This is the personal and political memoir of the Labour MP on his journey from the slums during the Depression, to Westminster, where he became afflicted with total deafness at the point in his career when he had been tipped for a ministerial post. For the last 20 years Ashley has fought imaginative and tireless battles to bring disability and the rights of the underprivileged firmly onto the parliamentary agenda.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1992

  $3.40

  These are the personal and political memoirs of the Labour MP Jack Ashley. On his journey from the slums of Widnes during the Depression to Westminster Ashley was tragically struck down with total deafness at the point in his career when he had been tipped for a ministerial post. For the last 20 years he has fought imaginative and tireless battles to bring disability and the rights of the underprivileged firmly onto the parliamentary agenda.