description: Tam Dalyell, scourge of Tory and Labour governments, is no ordinary MP. Educated at Eton, he was active in Tory politics at Cambridge before turning to Labour. Today no one else operating at Westminster enjoys his reputation as a tireless advocate of open government. His attempts to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding Britain's biological research at Porton Down, at an early stage in his career, earned him a reprimand for breach of parliamentary privilege. Since then - in his fight to save Aldabra, in his scuppering of the 1979 devolution debate, in his quest for the truth about the sinking of the Belgrano, in the case of Westland which nearly destroyed Thatcher's government, and in his concern over other issues such as Lockerbie, Zircon and Gulf War Syndrome - Dalyell's relentless, implacable questioning continues to throw light on some of the murkiest chapters in recent British politics. Inside Outside tells the story of a remarkable parliamentarian.
language: English
title: Inside Out
titlecomplete: Inside Out
characters: Tam Dalyell
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Mainstream Pub Co Ltd