David Mellor

David John Mellor (born March 12, 1949 in Wareham , Dorset , England ) PC QC is a British journalist and politician of the Conservative Party , who was a member of the House of Commons between 1979 and 1997 and was Minister for National Heritage for a few months in 1992 was.

Life

Studies, professional activity and member of the House of Commons

After visiting the Swanage Grammar School studied Mellor law at Christ's College of the University of Cambridge where he was temporarily chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association . During his studies he worked for the member of the House of Commons Jeffrey Archer and worked as a barrister after completing his studies and being admitted to the bar in 1972 . In 1987 he was appointed Crown Attorney .

After he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the lower house in the constituency of West Bromwich East in the lower house elections of October 1974 , he was elected as a candidate for the Conservative Party for the first time as a member of the lower house in the lower house elections of May 3, 1979 and initially represented the constituency of Wandsworth Putney and then since the general election from June 9, 1983 to May 1, 1997 the constituency of Putney .

In 1981 he took his first government office as "Junior Minister" after he became Parliamentary Undersecretary and in the following years worked in the Home Office , the British Home Office , among other things . Between 1986 and 1990 he was Minister of State in various ministries and most recently Minister of State for the Arts.

Minister and Journalist

After Prime Minister John Major took office , he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury in November 1990 in its cabinet . In the course of a cabinet reshuffle after the general election in 1992 , Mellor became Minister of State for the National Heritage in April 1992 . This newly created ministry he headed only a few months until September 24, 1992 and then had to resign because of an extramarital relationship with actress Antonia de Sancha , which he published the affair in a book.

After he lost his constituency to his challenger from Labor Party in the general election of May 1, 1997 and had to resign from the House of Commons, he was chairman of the Football Task Force formed by the new Labor government under Tony Blair until 1999 .

He then worked as a culture and sports journalist for daily newspapers such as Evening Standard , The Guardian and People magazine, as well as moderating a football program on BBC Radio 5 Live and broadcasts on classical music on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3 . He also presented music programs on Classic FM and LBC Radio . Mellor now lives in St. Katharine Docks , the former London port area.

Taxi affair

Mellor caused a scandal when in 2014 after a taxi ride he insulted the driver because of differences about the route, boasting himself, comparing his social position with that of the taxi driver and threatening to expose him publicly: “Tomorrow in mine radio program, I'm going to tell everyone what you're in for a sweaty, stupid ass. " . The taxi driver had secretly recorded the failure. The incident is considered symptomatic of the aloofness of the British elite.

Web links

• David Mellor at Hansard (English)
• Entry in They Work For You

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas Kielinger: The pedophilia scandal keeps Britain's politics under control. In: welt.de . November 29, 2014, accessed October 7, 2018 . 
2. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11252235/Ex-cabinet-minister-David-Mellor-regrets-tirade-against-sweaty-stupid-taxi-driver.html