From Acorns to Oaks

From Acorns To Oaks to reflect on all that has happened since. Successive Governments turned to him but did not always listen. He is most associated with state intervention and industrial strategy, and he has a compelling tale to tell about Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Teesside and, of course, London Docklands. He complains that his own Conservative colleagues torpedoed much of what he tried to do, and coupled with his disdain for Brexit and its backers, one finishes this book wondering what on earth kept him in the Tory party so long..