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Flynn, who has always written for the public prints, coined the nickname `Doris Karloff' for Ann Widdecombe and had it taken up by the tabloids as well as the lady herself.
Perhaps he's seen a job on the Daily Mirror go begging. He can certainly write. And give generous praise where it's due.
This is a candid self-examination as much as a sometimes withering assessment of others. --South Wales Argus, Paul Flynn: foot soldier of the back benchers, March 2010
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Foreword by Tony Benn Paul Flynn is one of Westminster s wittiest and most irreverent bloggers, commentators and campaigners. Funny, fresh and revealing, in The Unusual Suspect Labour s long-serving MP for Newport West (and current Welsh MP of the Year), tells the whole truth of the vanities, triumphs and excesses of the political shark pool. From hiding Rhodri Morgan s underwear at Cardiff train station, to his unlikely alliance with rap group Goldie Lookin Chain, Flynn has long been an unorthodox but influential presence at Westminster. Never one to fit in to suit political convenience, his tenure in office has been characterised by a campaigning zeal which has seen him become a giant-killing enemy of vested interests. The stupidity of drugs laws, the deceptions of the pharmaceutical industry, the shame of politicians on the make and Labour s misconceived foreign adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq have been just a few of the issues that have aroused his indignation. His passions have often kept him off message too, and The Unusual Suspect describes his disillusion with New Labour and its betrayal of the party s socialist principles. In a chapter entitled Icons and Knaves Flynn takes a close look at the individual qualities and flaws of many of his contemporaries on all sides, in Parliament. In this hilarious, yet deeply personal book, Paul Flynn describes with his customary panache the joys and shattering tragedies of his life, all intertwined with political hope and chicanery. A quarter of a century of Flynn s work with the icons and knaves of parliament has renewed his idealism and conviction that the best has yet to be .
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Entertaining, amusing and sometimes touching autobiography of professional Welshman and founding member of the House of Common's awkward squad, Paul Flynn. Goes on a bit too much about the (dubious) merits of Newport, but a good read overall.
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Paul Flynn is an iconic Welsh MP. He is probably one of the few really honest politicians. As someone who has followed Welsh politics for some years I was always fascinated with Mr. Flynn. He is as honest in this book as he has been in his life; and gives a lot of background which helps to understand where he is coming from. For most American readers much of the personal insights into members of Parliament will be lost. I wish he had been more forthcoming with his analysis of his fellow Welsh MPs and Assembly Members as well. He has already written a book on the establishment of the Weslh Assembly ("Dragons Led by Poodles") so I guess he felt no need to cover this ground again. But it would have helped explain much of his beliefs.
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