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My Political Race
An Outsider's Journey to the Heart of British Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
As Labour MP for Gloucester, when things were good for Parmjit Dhanda they were very good. He was rolled out for Labour conferences and media appearances as a poster boy for the party - a shining example of a new Britain, where white constituencies chose ethnic minorities as their candidates and then...
by Andrew Liddle
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Whether you love or loathe him, no one can deny the reinvigorating effect that Nigel Farage has had upon political debate in Britain in recent years. Indeed, it is to him and his energetic leadership that UKIP owes much of its success. Positioning himself as a lone splash of colour in an era of monotone...
by Tony Wright
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
A dose of sense from the voice of parliamentary reason.Throughout the expenses scandal and the lobbying scandal and all the other storms which have buffeted Parliament, Dr Tony Wright is the one MP who has consistently provided a measured, sane and sensible reaction to events. As Chair of the influential...
Churchill & Attlee
The Unlikely Allies Who Won The War
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
How did a Conservative Prime Minister and the leader of the Labour Party come together to steer Britain to victory in the Second World War?
Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee enjoyed an unusual, even unique relationship – fierce parliamentary rivals but also trusted colleagues in the same...
Fighting With Allies
America and Britain in Peace and War
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
It was Winston Churchill who, in his speech at Fulton, Missouri, advocated a 'special relationship between the British Commonwealth ... and the United States ... the continuance of intimate relationships between our military advisers, leading to the common study of potential dangers'.
Through...
The Palin Effect
Money, Sex and Class in the New American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
A US presidential election is, quite simply, the greatest show on Earth. In the battle to occupy the most important seat in the world, in which power can be bought and sold, forces on either side hoodwink the public and claim their political victims. Witness the age of the Palin Effect. An extraordinary...
Standing Down
Interviews with Retiring MPs
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Whatever happens in the general election, dozens of new MPs will be entering the Commons in 2015 - but what advice would their predecessors give them? With big names such as Dame Tessa Jowell, Jack Straw and David Willetts all exiting the parliamentary stage in May, there is no better opportunity...
Be Your Own Politician
Why It's Time For a New Kind of Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
From the incoherent riots of a disaffected youth to Russell Brand's call to reject the ballot box, Britain has never been so jaded. Disempowered, disillusioned with the braying yobbery of Westminster's 'elite', drained by the unpunished rate rigging and tax manoeuvring of banking and big business,...
Omnirambles
The Collected Writings of Damian McBride
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
His explosive insider memoir Power Trip was hailed as the must-read of 2013, making The Thick of It look tame, and now Damian McBride is back with more razor-sharp observations taken from his widely acclaimed blog. The former spin-doctor, a pivotal but notorious figure in the New Labour government,...
How to Be a Minister
A 21st-Century Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
All ministerial careers end in failure, but they start in hope. True, not everyone expects to end up in No. 10, but everyone wants to do something important. Politics has all sorts of downsides as a career choice but the fortunate few get the opportunity to do something meaningful - prevent or win...
Emily Wilding Davison
The Martyr Suffragette
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Emily Wilding Davison was the most famous suffragette to die in the battle for women’s rights, after colliding with the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913, but who was she, and how did she end up dying for her cause?
Her notorious final act of protest has for decades obscured her extraordinary...
David Steel
Rising Hope to Elder Stateman
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Michael Foot was speaking affectionately when in 1979 he quipped that David Steel had apparently gone from 'rising hope to elder statesman' without any intervening period whatsoever. But the remark also neatly captured a career which had seen 'the Boy David' enter the House of Commons aged only twenty-six,...
Clearly
How a 700 year old invention can change the world forever
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Poor vision is the largest unaddressed disability in the world today. An estimated 2.5 billion people, mostly living in the poorest parts of the planet and a majority of whom are women, cannot see clearly and have no access to treatment. Yet for 80 per cent of the 2.5 billion, all they need is a simple...
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
The Crisis in Our Justice System
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Whenever a miscarriage of justice hits the headlines, it is tempting to dismiss it as an anomaly – a minor hiccup in an otherwise healthy judicial system. Yet the cases of injustice that feature in this book reveal that they are not just minor hiccups, but symptoms of a chronic illness plaguing...