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Planes Trains And Toilet Doors 50 Places That Changed British Politics
Planes Trains And Toilet Doors 50 Places That Changed British Politics
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Description: F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts moreish and fabulously salty JOE Lycett A Times BOOK OF THE YEAR Forget Westminster bust - ups and PM Qs some of the key events that have shaped modern British politics happened not in the cloisters of parliament or Downing Street's many corridors of power but in car parks village halls and seaside resorts where the mundane have played host to the mighty. From Pitt the Younger's Putney Heath duel to finding Margaret Thatcher a voice coach on a train Harold Wilson's Scilly season holidays to John Major's dental appointment clearing his path to No 10 these (and many more) are the places where chance meetings untimely deaths and snap sometimes daft decisions changed the course of politics. Matt Chorley has spent almost two decades covering Westminster interviewing prime ministers mocking ministers and chronicling the serious and sometimes unintentionally absurd events which act as unlikely turning points in the direction of a nation. Illustrated by award - winning political cartoonist Morten Morland Planes Trains and Toilet Doors combines Matt's insider - knowledge smart analysis and detailed research with his background in comedy to create an hilarious history of how politics actually happens.
Title: Planes Trains And Toilet Doors 50 Places That Changed British Politics
Author(s): Chorley Matt
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9780008622060
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 4/23/2024
Category: Humour
Description: F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts moreish and fabulously salty JOE Lycett A Times BOOK OF THE YEAR Forget Westminster bust - ups and PM Qs some of the key events that have shaped modern British politics happened not in the cloisters of parliament or Downing Street's many corridors of power but in car parks village halls and seaside resorts where the mundane have played host to the mighty. From Pitt the Younger's Putney Heath duel to finding Margaret Thatcher a voice coach on a train Harold Wilson's Scilly season holidays to John Major's dental appointment clearing his path to No 10 these (and many more) are the places where chance meetings untimely deaths and snap sometimes daft decisions changed the course of politics. Matt Chorley has spent almost two decades covering Westminster interviewing prime ministers mocking ministers and chronicling the serious and sometimes unintentionally absurd events which act as unlikely turning points in the direction of a nation. Illustrated by award - winning political cartoonist Morten Morland Planes Trains and Toilet Doors combines Matt's insider - knowledge smart analysis and detailed research with his background in comedy to create an hilarious history of how politics actually happens.
Title: Planes Trains And Toilet Doors 50 Places That Changed British Politics
Author(s): Chorley Matt
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9780008622060
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 4/23/2024
Category: Humour