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Updated 2026 edition,
including never-before-seen photos and new epilogue.
In the summer of 1999,
Michael Ashcroft (now Lord Ashcroft) became the subject of concerted attacks
aimed at unseating him as Treasurer of the Conservative Party. His attackers
were The Times newspaper and the New Labour Government of Tony Blair.
The ultimate target was
William Hague (now Lord Hague), whose leadership would be destabilised and the
finances of his party undermined had his Treasurer been forced from office.
This book is the personal
account of Lord Ashcroft's six-year fight, first to resist a succession of
wholly unjustified attacks, then to clear his damaged name and, finally, to
expose the dirty tricks used against him - some of them even exploiting the
fruits of criminal acts.
Wapping and New Labour
were to discover that they had taken on a formidable, resourceful and
determined opponent, one who would go on to reveal unacceptable aspects of both
national newspaper journalism and British politics. This book sheds new light
on the extraordinary life of an essentially private man. Lord Ashcroft, who
remains as committed as ever to the Conservative Party and its values, also
reveals how he helped the party through one of the most troubled periods in its
history.
The book, however, ends
on a positive note - with Lord Ashcroft, at eighty years old, full of energy
and vigour, and still embracing his work and his passions. These include his
varied business interests, his charitable work, his writing, his polling,
championing bravery and supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia.
