Taking it on the Chin: Memoirs of a Parlimentary Bruiser

Tom Pendry is one of the most colourful characters to grace the Palace of Westminster. He has been a boxer, a bruiser and a scholar whose political career as an agent, candidate, Labour MP and peer has spanned sixty years. During an astonishing lifetime - which isn’t over yet - Tom has mixed with prime ministers and presidents, sporting legends and crooks, TV stars and artists, pub brawlers and writers.

His memoirs throw new light on successive governments and great, epoch-making events, and are a mixture of light and shade, irreverent wit and deeply serious intent.