Gerry Fitt: Political Chameleon - Softcover
Gerry Fitt was a major protagonist for over twenty five years in Irish politics. When Fitt, a tough and resourceful political competitor, was elected MP for West Belfast in March 1966, commentators said: 'There was a crack in the Tory edifice when, like a breath of fresh air, Gerry Fitt came as a true Irish representative to Westminster.' Yet by the time of his death, he had lost his seat to Gerry Adams, needed a police guard to protect him from republicans and had become alienated from the very party he founded.
A campaigner for civil rights, a founder and leader of the SDLP, Fitt's political career took a seemingly remarkable volte face when this republican socialist ('Fenian Fitt') became a Peer of the Realm ('Fitt the Brit'). This biography chronicles the complex career of Gerry Fitt and attempts to shed light on the character of this political chameleon.
A campaigner for civil rights, a founder and leader of the SDLP, Fitt's political career took a seemingly remarkable volte face when this republican socialist ('Fenian Fitt') became a Peer of the Realm ('Fitt the Brit'). This biography chronicles the complex career of Gerry Fitt and attempts to shed light on the character of this political chameleon.
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Michael A. Murphy is Head of History at Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch.
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- PublisherMercier Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1856355314
- ISBN 13 9781856355315
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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