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JOHN MAJOR
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
William Collins
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublisbers 1999
Copyright © John Major 1999, 2000
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Version: 2016-08-24
To Norma, Elizabeth and James
CONTENTS
6 ‘What’s the Capital of Colombia?’
19 Into the Mists: Bright Hopes, Black Deeds
27 The Economy: Rags to Riches
APPENDIX B: The Cabinet, November 1990–May 1997
SINCE I LEFT 10 Downing Street, I have often thought – why politics?
From politicians themselves the standard response is a burning ambition to improve the lot of the poor, say, or the disabled, or to ‘change things for the better’.
There is truth in these claims – they are not to be disparaged. But the answer is too often calculated to win approval, too self-serving, and almost always incomplete. Motives for entering politics