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“He was Churchill’s private secretary. He started at the age of 27 as deputy private secretary, and what’s extraordinary from the outset is that his judgment is so very mature – even though he’s a young man. The other thing that I noticed is that all his friends are toffs. He doesn’t seem to know anyone from an ordinary background. He’s a witness to another age of politics. These days politics tends to be terribly frenetic and tabloid-driven, to some extent. It really wasn’t like that then. The first thing that strikes one is how apparently laid back it all was – he was still dining in his club and so forth even though there was a war on.” Read more...
Chris Mullin, Politician
