by Sir Tom Clarke (Author)

Sir Tom, pictured right, describes how he fought to defend the rights of disabled people, achieving more for some of the most disadvantaged in UK society than almost anyone else still living. He also worked hard to benefit those in most need internationally and bravely visited Iran in the hope of securing the release of the British and Irish hostages imprisoned there. Sir Tom ensured that his passion for cinema and huge knowledge of the movie industry was available to his one-time good friend, Tony Blair who, sadly, then let him down badly.

While generous in his praise for the good people at Westminster, Sir Tom recounts the determination of some others to thwart his endeavours to support his beloved constituents, working people at home and those most in need overseas. Of all those whose political ambitions were more important to them than the public good, he is most vehemently critical of the late Donald Dewar, the so-called ‘Father of the Scottish Nation’, who Sir Tom found cold, calculating and prone to undermine even the best of intentions of the Labour Party and Parliament if it might benefit himself.

On Go Radio Bernard Ponsonby, the doyen of political correspondent, had this to sway about Dewar:  “A two-faced hypocrite and a spineless liar to boot.” Tensions laid bare on the Go Radio Politics Show this morning as Sir Thomas Clarke did not hold back on his views of Donald Dewar.