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Halford Memoirs

Posted by Tom Bodden on October 26, 2007 8:13 AM | 

Alison Halford
The former Delyn Labour AM and Merseyside assistant chief constable Alison Halford is preparing to spill some beans in her Assembly memoirs.
The book, 'Leeks from the Back Benches', chronicles her time in Cardiff Bay from 1999 to 2003 when she stood down from the Assembly.
The dramatic resignation of first secretary Alun Michael; final annointment of Rhodri Morgan; fall-out from the coalition with the Lib Dems; Rod Richards and upheavel among the Tories; suspension from the Labour Group; being cleared of assault in her own court case; and the merits of Tory AM David Davies' bottom. It's all in there.
Heady days, indeed.
The frank insider’s view could make compulsive reading.
UPDATE: The main grouse from politicians attending the launch of the book at the Senedd was that there was no index - so that they couldn't look up their names to quickly check if the got a mention before laying out £14.99 for a copy.


 

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Welcome to ‘Gog in the Bay’, the occasional diary of a political journalist. My name is Tom Bodden, the Welsh Affairs Correspondent of The Daily Post, which is North Wales’ best selling newspaper. I am based full-time at the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff Bay.

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