An Outsider Inside No 10

This memoir of the six years during which John Warwicker was seconded from his high-ranking position at Scotland Yard to take command of the Special Branch protection team at Downing Street covers one of the most turbulent periods in modern British politics. From 1974—79, when the threat of the Cold War and the IRA was ever-present, the "targets" who Warwicker protected daily, both at home and overseas, were Prime Ministers Wilson, Callaghan, and Thatcher. For good reasons of national security,