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On 20 June 1998 Peter Temple-Morris, Conservative MP for Leominster, crossed the floor to join his rivals on the Labour party benches. What drove a seasoned Conservative politician - one of the so-called 'Cambridge Mafia', with 24 years' experience as a Conservative MP - to change his allegiance so radically? In this memoir of a long and varied political career, Temple-Morris answers this question, unveiling the slow, gradual process of disillusionment with the Conservative party, especially under Margaret Thatcher, and the growing appeal of the New Labour movement under Tony Blair. As well as providing an important overview of British domestic politics in the second half of the twentieth century, Temple-Morris also explains his crucial role in Irish politics, especially in the peace process talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.

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'A frank and very personal account of a political defection. A fascinating procession of politicians move across the pages. Overseas there is a particularly strong account of Iran under and after the Shah. A very good read - just a pity we Tories let him get away.' - Norman (Lord) Fowler; 'Across the Floor is the well-written memoir of a committed one nation politician who has been both a Tory and then a Labour MP and Peer. His fascinating account of his defection from Conservative to Labour is required reading for anyone thinking of crossing the floor. A convinced internationalist he paints colourful pen portraits of key figures in the Irish Peace process, gives a dramatic personal account of the Iranian Revolution, and describes how he hosted Gorbachev's crucial visit to Britain in 1984. I highly recommend this book.' - Giles (Lord) Radice

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Lord (Peter) Temple-Morris is a Labour peer. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Leominster in 1974 and sat as a Conservative MP until 1998 when he crossed the floor to the Labour benches. He remained an MP until 2001.

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