Den Dover never knew his father until the end of the wars in Europe and Burma. He lived halfway between Liverpool and Manchester under the bombers’ airpaths. American soldiers and airmen were the heroes of his childhood years. Churchill was his hero and the saviour of Britain. Den resolved that he would follow Churchill by dedicating his life to caring and providing for the people by becoming a Member of Parliament.
This book describes the 18 years during which Den Dover had the privilege to serve the people of Chorley, in Lancashire, as their Member of Parliament. He entered Parliament in 1979 when Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and left in 1997 when Tony Blair ...