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Picked this one up for £1.49 in a charity shop in Accrington yesterday.
Journalist and broadcaster John Cole. A first edition hardbacked copy from 1995.
John Cole (born 23 November 1927 in Belfast) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He was the BBC's Political Editor from 1981 to 1992. A nice one to add to my Political collection.
John Cole was educated at the Belfast Royal Academy and (externally) at the University of London. During his career as a print journalist, he worked at the Belfast Telegraph The Guardian and The Observerrising to become the deputy editor of in turn The Guardian and The Observer.
In 1981 he became political editor for the BBC, and became a familiar figure on television and radio. Cole was an astute observer of the political scene. He correctly forecast Margaret Thatcher's resignation as Prime Minister in 1990.
Since his retirement in 1992 he has written a number of books. His best selling political memoir, As It Seemed To Me, was published in 1995 and his first novel, A Clouded Peace, was published in 2001.
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