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by Iain Dale
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
When Matthew Todd, editor of the bestselling gay lifestyle magazine Attitude, approached broadcaster and political pundit Iain Dale asking him to write a monthly column for the publication, Dale did not have to think twice about his answer. That was back in early 2013 and, since then, Dale has written...
Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box
50 Things You Need To Know About British Elections
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED... ... what emotions really influence where your cross goes on the ballot paper? ... whether people are claiming to vote when they haven't? ... which party's supporters are the kinkiest in bed? In the run-up to the most hotly contested and unpredictable election in a generation,...
John Major: An Unsuccessful Prime Minister?
Reappraising John Major
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of one of the most momentous general elections this country has ever seen. John Major's defeat in 1997 ended a record eighteen years of Tory government, prompting accusations of failure and ignominy.
A controversial leader, Major oversaw numerous crises...
Tory Pride and Prejudice
The Conservative Party and homosexual law reform
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
TORY PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is an authoritative but highly accessible account of the Conservative Party's social attitudes from the 1950s to the present day, with a particular focus on homosexual law reform and equal rights for LGBT citizens. Presented in the context of contemporary social and political...
Credible and True
The Political and Personal Memoir of K. Harvey Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Early in the morning of 4 March 2015, a fierce knock at the door heralded the start of a new chapter in Harvey Proctor’s almost continuous relationship with the police and media, when officers from the Metropolitan Police raided his home in connection with Operation Midland, Scotland Yard’s investigation...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
As the party that has won wars, reversed recessions and held prime ministerial power more times than any other, the Conservatives have played an undoubtedly crucial role in the shaping of contemporary British society. And yet, the leaders who have stood at its helm - from Sir Robert Peel to David...
Well, You Did Ask…
Why the UK voted to leave the EU
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The UK's vote to leave the European Union shocked the world - not to mention many people in Britain. What it revealed about our country is at least as significant for the future of politics as Brexit itself.
Drawing on more than two years of intensive research by Lord Ashcroft Polls, Well,...
22 Days in May
The Birth of the Lib Dem-Conservative Coalition
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
22 Days in May is the first detailed Liberal Democrat insider account of the negotiations which led to the formation of the Lib Dem/Conservative coalition government in May 2010, along with an essential desription of the early days of the government.
by Michael Ashcroft
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
The 2017 general election was supposed to be a walkover for the Conservative Party – but the voters had other ideas.
In The Lost Majority, Lord Ashcroft draws on his unique research to explain why the thumping victory the Tories expected never happened. His findings reveal what real voters...
Bloody Sunday
Truth, Lies and the Saville Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
For almost forty years the events of 'Bloody Sunday' on January 30 1972, have been the subject of intense claim and counter-claim. In 1998 Tony Blair attempted to settle the controversy by commissioning a fresh inquiry. The longest, most thorough and costly inquiry in legal history, the details of...
by Edwina Currie
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Hetty Clarkson is a typical modern woman: attractive, romantic and single. Her situation is the same as that of thousands of twenty- and thirty-somethings arriving in London each year, with one small exception. She is old enough to be their mother. It wasn't meant to be like this, but blame that on...
Behind Diplomatic Lines
Relations with Ministers
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Patrick Wright’s memoir opens on a diplomatic crisis. A growing number of countries are threatening to boycott the Commonwealth Games in protest of the British government’s handling of South African apartheid. And the problems only get worse.
Patrick Wright was one of the pre-eminent diplomats...
Something Has Gone Wrong
Dealing with the Brighton Bomb
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
On 12 October 1984, an IRA bomb exploded inside Brighton’s Grand Hotel, killing five people and injuring thirty. It was an assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, who were staying there for the Conservative party conference.
While the bombing was deplorable, the story...
The Best of Times
Challenges and Triumphs in British Politi, Economi and Foreign Affairs 2013-2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Tensions simmer in the aftermath of 2008’s catastrophic financial crash. As the darkest days of the crisis fade behind us, great obstacles to prosperity remain. Mark Field’s acclaimed first book, Between the Crashes, explored the economic collapse. Now, in his new collection of essays, the City...