Jonathan Aitken

Works


The Young Meteors
In his early book The Young Meteors (London: Secker & Warburg 1967; New York: Atheneum 1967) Aitken profiled the brightest lights among the younger generation in Britain and particularly London with a hint in the title that many of these were likely to burn and crash. Aitken stated this was not part of a political comeback. The story was the result of a long investigation carried out by journalists from the newspaper and from Granada TV's World in Action programme.

Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born 30 August 1942) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for 24 years and a former British government Cabinet minister. He was convicted of perjury in 1999 and received an 18-month prison sentence of which he served seven months.