Cracking the Whip by Christopher Gill

by Christopher Gill

‘Cracking the Whip’ covers the period during which William Hague was Leader of the Conservative Party in succession to John Major who had led the Party to such a humiliating and catastrophic defeat at the hands of the electorate in 1997.As well as cataloguing many of the behind the scenes goings-on in the 1997-2001 Parliament, the author, in a fast-paced political memoir, specifically instances how, following its abject defeat at the General Election, the Conservative Party failed to use its time in Opposition to analyse the reasons for its unprecedented defeat, to formulate new policies for the future and, not least, to replace with fresh talent those members of the previous administration who had led the Party to such abject defeat.

Paperback

First published September 1, 2012

About the author

Christopher Gill was born in 1936 and educated at Shrewsbury School. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1952, serving three years full time in the Royal Navy from 1955 and was involved in the RNR until 1979.

His political career began in 1965 when he became a member of the Wolverhampton Borough Council. In 1987 he achieved a lifelong ambition when he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Ludlow division.

He was elected Chairman of the Freedom Association in January 2001, which is strictly non-partisan and is a broadly based pressure group that campaigns for individual freedom and national independence. He is no longer a member of the Conservative Party.

Christopher Gill is married with three children and five grandchildren.