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The ‘semi-detached’ member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet

John Biffen's memoir Semi-Detached reveals the Tory politician's struggle with mental illness — and a paranoid, vindictive and megalomaniac Maggie

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sits with her new Cabinet Photo: Getty
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  • Semi-Detached

    John Biffen

    Biteback, pp. 468

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