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David Mellor

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Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.


— David Mellor


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The tabloids are like animals, with their own behavioural patterns. There's no point in complaining about them, any more than complaining that lions might eat you.


— David Mellor


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About David Mellor







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The press coming under heavy criticism at that time reacted furiously alleging that he was prejudging Lord Calcutt’s inquiry. Rt Hon David John Mellor QC (born 12 March 1949) is a former British politician non-practising barrister broadcaster journalist and businessman. After the 1992 general election he remained a Cabinet Minister when he was made Secretary of State in the newly created Department for National Heritage (now the Department for Culture Media and Sport) during which period he was vernacularly known as the "Minister for Fun" after comments he made to the waiting press on leaving 10 Downing Street on his appointment.

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 1979 to 1997. As a member of the Conservative Party he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1990–92) and Secretary of State for National Heritage (April–September 1992) before resigning in 1992.

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