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Rhodri

Rhodri

Rhodri Morgan

(2017)

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Abstract

Rhodri: A Political Life in Wales and Westminster is the political autobiography of Rhodri Morgan. This posthumously published account of the political life of the father of Welsh devolution is delivered with the fluency and wit that was so characteristic of the man himself. The first First Minister of Wales and Welsh Labour leader revisits the early influences that shaped him politically and which led him to Westminster, and his relationship with the New Labour project and the party establishment’s campaign to prevent him becoming Labour leader in Wales – before ‘the people’s choice’ eventually prevailed. As First Minister of Wales from 2000, he led three terms of Labour Government in Cardiff Bay (with the political, as well as health, challenges of two coalition arrangements), and navigated his own path into clear red water to present a distinct alternative policy agenda to the New Labour Government in London. Written with his typical lack of ostentation, this book allows us to read the final reflections by Rhodri Morgan on political life in Wales, in Westminster and beyond, with unique insight into the first ten years in the history of the National Assembly of Wales.


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover Front Cover
Title Page iii
Copyright Page iv
Contents v
Foreword vii
List of illustrations xvii
one: The Cradle of Belief 1
two: The Next Twenty-Four Years 41
three: MP Morgan: Mainstream or Maverick? 77
four: Leadership Contests 119
five: They Got Us Surrounded 137
six: Getting the Show on the Road 157
seven: Earning Respect 185
eight: The Heyday That Wasn’t 259
nine: Working with Plaid 287
ten: No Back-Seat Driving 329
Index 341
Back Cover Back Cover