Kind of Blue by Ken Clarke review - the sympathetic Tory? Forget it

The former chancellor, self-confessedly 'the least observant of men', has dictated a smug and cliched memoir in which the moments of thoughtfulness are rare Fame, Rainer Maria Rilke said, is the sum of all the misunderstandings that grow up around a name. It has always been believed that Ken Clarke is the most sympathetic of Conservative politicians, a rare maverick, not given to cutting and trimming, and careless of his own fortunes. His reputation has been as a rough talker in a smooth party, ...