Last Man Standing
As a small boy in Epping Forest, Jack Straw could never have imagined that one day he would become Britain''s Lord Chancellor. As one of five children of divorced parents, he was bright enough to get a scholarship to a direct-grant school, but spent his holidays as a plumbers'' mate for his uncles to bring in some much-needed extra income. Yet he spent 13 years and 11 days in government, including...
As a small boy in Epping Forest, Jack Straw could never have imagined that one day he would become Britain''s Lord Chancellor. As one of five children of divorced parents, he was bright enough to get a scholarship to a direct-grant school, but spent his holidays as a plumbers'' mate for his uncles to bring in some much-needed extra income. Yet he spent 13 years and 11 days in government, including...
