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‘Gadfly’ diary in The Mail On Sunday, 3 Sep 2000 Headline: ROVER CHIEFS HATCH BOOK
THE uneasy truce between the West Midlands and establishment types in London over the fate of the Rover car plant at Longbridge looks set to be blown apart once again. Birmingham historian and broadcaster Carl Chinn is putting the finishing touches to a book, co-authored by journalist Stephen Dyson. It promises to set the record straight over the struggle for the factory, in which local hero John Towers went up against venture capitalist Alchemy Partners. Due out in October, 'We Ain't Going Away!' The Battle for Longbridge, will recount, in characteristically blunt Black Country tones, the events that led to Towers' Phoenix consortium securing Rover for a token £10 in May. Exposed will be deep divisions between Trade & Industry Secretary Stephen Byers and his fellow ministers over which of the two bidders they should back, and the mass rally that brought 80,000 workers and supporters to the streets of Birmingham to lobby against Alchemy - vilified as greedy asset-strippers. But the authors have reserved their fiercest broadside for the press, notably The Sun and The Guardian, which they accuse of taking an unremittingly pessimistic view of Phoenix's chances. 'Financiers and journalists in London never gave Towers a chance,' said Chinn. 'But a lot of people in the Midlands wanted us to write this book to tell the real story.' London opinion-formers may reassure themselves that Towers has still to prove that he can make a success of Rover. But this is one tome that will raise a cheer in the Midlands.
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‘Observer’ diary in the Financial Times, 1 Sep 2000 Headline: DRIVEN OFF
Now here's a useful present for Jon Moulton, the chap who thought he'd taken the wheel at Rover Cars before that horrible Phoenix lot drove him off the road. It's a book on the tub-thumping spring saga, jointly penned by Brummie historian Carl Chinn and local journalist Stephen Dyson - and Alchemy boss Moulton won't like it very much. 'We Ain't Going Away! The Battle For Longbridge makes it crystal clear that trade and industry minister Stephen Byers was the prime mover behind the successful Phoenix bid. Moulton, who wasn't best pleased by Byers' intervention, is not thought to be the hero of an account that boasts a foreword by the victorious Phoenix boss John Towers. Whereas Byers, who hardly came through the bruising crisis with his reputation intact, emerges as a bit of a hero. So he might want to buy a few copies for his cabinet friends.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
well witten hart felt background and easy to read,
By mark@mrbean.freeserve.co.uk (suffolk, england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We Ain't Going Away!: The Battle For Longbridge (Paperback)
This fantastically researched book writer by two "local lads" could have so easily been a very one sided and of little interest to the normal reader but Carl Chin and Stephen Dyson have pulled it off. The detail within is vast, written in such a way that it is easy to read and crammed full of detail. The book starts with a history of longbridge from the beginning and the brings you though to right up to date with local comment of what really went on the shop floor and board room alike. A must for Austin Rover owner / enthusiast alike, local people or anyone with a feel for history.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
As close to reliving the Rover crisis as you can get,
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This review is from: We Ain't Going Away!: The Battle For Longbridge (Paperback)
Much has been penned about Rover, the Longbridge plant and the chances of John Towers and Co to succeed. But not many people recall how tens of thousands of people stood up to be counted in opposition to BMW's original plans to close or sell off Rover to venture capitalists. Historian Carl Chinn puts these actions into memorable words, and they're pretty detailed because he was the person who triggered the march for Longbridge and who led many protests to the doors of BMW in Munich, No.10 etc. His part in this book is fast, furious and, at times, a little over-zealous - but then I guess he's allowed that as you are definitely hearing it from the horse's mouth. Dyson's part of the book is more considered, the experienced hack with obvious close contacts at the highest levels of the successful Phoenix bid. With him you get a newspaper man's perspective of the Rover battle, which Brummies like me will enjoy remembering, as well as industrial and social historians. I reckon there will be certain national journalists who won't like his opinion of their coverage, though! Towards the end it was clear that both Chinn and Dyson were really close to Phoenix, and so it would have been a good end to the book to have seen their opinion of MG Rover's chances for the future. I guess this book came out so soon after the crisis that there was not the time to reflect, but that was what was missing for me in what was otherwise a riveting read.
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