6. “Born of Conviction”

Dupont, Carolyn Renée

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“…Dupont is one reader who appreciates what he calls the "Gents' Saloon Bar" exchanges in these meetings. 81 He also points out the skilful contrasts between Davis' circumlocutory accounts of his affairs and Lee's blunter assessments of them. However, when one comes to the machinations of the Trade, Lee's diatribes about his political enemies are so extreme that this immediately makes one suspicious about the accuracy of many of his claims.…”

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The shadowland manipulator: Sir Ernest “Booze”, John A. Lee, and the Labour Party

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2017

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For Mine is the Kingdom, published in 1975, is John A. Lee’s tell-all account of his long relationship with Sir Ernest Davis, the Auckland beer baron, philanthropist, mayor, and leading financier of the Labour Party. It is frustrating as an historical document because of Lee’s fondness for reconstructed conversations and its semi-novelistic style. As a result, it is often hard to assess the accuracy of Lee’s portrayal of the sinister but engaging “Sir Booze.” Despite these limitations, it remains the most detailed description of the links between the early Labour Party and the brewing industry. As an exercise in psychobiography it is also only partially successful, yet its description of Davis’ relentless womanising and exploitation of his female staff, as well as his financial support for Labour, is emblematic of the shadowy way Davis operated, both in the bedroom and in the interests of his business.

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The shadowland manipulator: Sir Ernest “Booze”, John A. Lee, and the Labour Party

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2017

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6. “Born of Conviction”

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The shadowland manipulator: Sir Ernest “Booze”, John A. Lee, and the Labour Party

The shadowland manipulator: Sir Ernest “Booze”, John A. Lee, and the Labour Party

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