From Punk to New Labour Through the Eyes of a Dedicated Troublemaker.
In every major political event of the last 25 years, Mark Steel has managed to play an extremely minor role.
Punished by his headmaster for eating a banana in public, Mark Steel decided to commit his life to eradicating injustice. He's protested at a lucky dip stall in a local fete in the cause of anti-fascism; he's hidden striking steel workers under an eiderdown to defeat Thatcher's union laws; and in the GLA elections of May 2000 he received 1,823 votes as a candidate for the London Socialist Alliance.
'Reasons To Be Cheerful' is a passionate and very funny memoir of Mark Steel's 25 years of political activism.
