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Austin Mitchell is a politicalmaverick. For thirty-eight years he was a fly in the parliamentary ointment, arecurring itch on the body politic. A maverick may annoy the whips,threaten party discipline and challenge the solemnities of Parliament. Troublemakersthey may well be, but the Commons would certainly be a duller place withoutthem. However Mitchell's dissidencewasn't all bitterness without volume control. Rattling the cage, swimming againstthe tide, pursuing honourable causes and, of course, fighting for hisconstituency, Grimsby, proved a rewarding career in itself.  Confessionsof a Political Maverick succeeds in uncovering the realities behind thepretentious parliamentary facade of tradition and the stuffy complacency ofBritain's failing political class. Dissenting from the peculiar andhighly particular conformity of career politicians dedicated to climbing the greasypole can be a lonely role, but it can also be fun. It certainly was for Austin Mitchell.

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Austin Mitchell was Labour MP for Grimsby from 1977 until 2015 and is a former member of the public accounts committee. Born in Bradford, Mitchell was educated at Woodbottom Council School, Bingley Grammar School, the University of Manchester and Nuffield College, Oxford. From 1959-63 he lectured in history at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He was a journalist at Yorkshire Television, from 1969 to 1977, presenting their regional news programme Calendar. He has also worked for the BBC.

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