A King Among Ministers: Fifty Years in Parliament Recalled

Tom King, a leading figure in Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet and a key player in 1980s British government, reflects on fifty years in Parliament

Tom King’s personal memoir recounts a fascinating life: at age nineteen, he found himself commanding a military company against Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya; at thirty, he became the youngest—ever general manager of a major printing and packaging group, in charge of a factory with a staff of seven hundred and dealing with nine different trade unions; a...