“Roy Jenkins as transformational minister” Mr Speaker’s lectures on great 20th century parliamentarians, 25 October 2011 Watch other lectures in the series on the BBC Democracy Live page Mr Speaker, It is a privilege to be speaking not only in your presence but also in the presence of Dame Jennifer Jenkins, who [...]
In 1994 I asked Roy Jenkins if I could write his biography. By the time he finally agreed, three years later, he was about to embark on his Churchill biography and I was about to start working for Tony Blair. I became witness to a fascinating friendship across the generations between two politicians Roy Jenkins’s [...]