After Harriet Harman stepped down from the frontbench earlier this year after 28 years, she was asked by Andrew Neil on the Daily Politics which Labour leader had been her favourite to work under. While Harman had praise for Neil Kinnock, Tony Blair — who was nice even when he sacked her — and Gordon Brown, she failed to mention her most recent boss Ed Miliband.
So perhaps the MP for Doncaster North will be emitting a bead of sweat on hearing that Harman is in the process of writing her memoirs. The outspoken Labour MP has tweeted a photo of a censored screen as she begins to recount her days on the frontline of politics:
I'm supposed to be writing my memoirs & this isn't helping. But he knows it's #NationalCatDay pic.twitter.com/ynCN2rrhFK
— Harriet Harman (@HarrietHarman) October 29, 2015
While it’s not yet clear what part of her life Harman will choose to focus on, whether it’s her schooldays at the £20,874 per annum St Paul’s Girls’ School, her time hiding from Margaret Thatcher in the Commons, or her more recent spell on Labour’s pink bus, Mr S is sure it will make for a page-turner.
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