Peter spencer journalist biography of barack

With the Easter holidays bringing some much needed calm to the Westminster village and giving those warring MPs at least a short period of respite from the constant Brexit bickering, it seemed a good time to let our Political Correspondent Peter Spencer step away from having to analyse Theresa May’s latest voting disaster for a week.

Here we present the first chapter of his much-anticipated memoirs from a storied forty plus years of experience reporting on events in Westminster.

Having interviewed every Prime Minister from Harold Wilson to Theresa May, there’s little Mr Spencer hasn’t seen in domestic politics over the years. So without further ado, take it away Peter…

Chapter One: LYING BASTARDS !!!

Not sure if I was too young, or too naïve, to ask myself ‘why is this lying bastard lying to me?’ Maybe the phrase hadn’t been coined back in 1967.

But the fact is, the first politician I ever met told me a horrible lie immediately.

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