The Politician Who Laughed [Hardcover] Daly Fred

Fred Daly was the kind of politician who knew that a well-timed joke could disarm an opponent faster than any policy paper. This memoir from the longtime Australian Labor MP captures a political era when wit wasn't just decoration — it was strategy. Daly served in federal parliament from 1943 to 1975, witnessing everything from wartime tensions to the Whitlam dismissal, and his stories crackle with the absurdity, tension, and humanity of life in Canberra. Expect parliamentary insults that sting, backstage manoeuvres, and the kind of sharp observations that only come from decades in the ring. It's political history told by someone who actually lived it, with the irreverence of a man who never took himself too seriously. For anyone who thinks modern politics invented chaos, or who just wants to remember when politicians could still land a punchline.