On Being a Minister -- About the author -- Title page -- Imprint -- Dedication -- Contents -- PREAMBLE -- PREFACE -- 1 -- THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE -- 2 -- PAPER -- 3 -- BUREAUCRACY -- 4 -- POLICY -- 5 -- SPEECHES -- 6 -- MEDIA -- 7 -- CHALLENGES -- 8 -- PARTY -- 9 -- PARLIAMENT -- 10 -- PERSONAL -- AFTERWORD -- Thanks -- Plates -- Index -- Wakefield Press -- Back cover
Summary
"It's hard to imagine a job that requires less education than that of government minister," says John Hill. John Hill knew when he quit as a government minister that what he had learnt - often painfully - over 11 years was likely to disappear with him. So he wrote it down
