Tony Benn has been portrayed as both hero and villain, as a creative and as a destructive force. This comprehensively revised edition of Jad Adams's classic biography, is written with unparalleled access to Benn's private records, and describes the long and turbulent career of o…
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Politicians are consistently voted the least trusted professional group by the UK public. They've recently become embroiled in scandals concerning sexual harassment and expenses. Every year, they introduce new legislation that doesn't do what it sets out to achieve - often with …
A devastating new critique of government in twenty-first-century Britain, by one of our most insightful political commentators.
"In this devastating and alarming book Peter Oborne argues that we have witnessed not just the emergence but the triumph of the Political Class: the new ruling elite of Britain, a group characterised by its professionalised attitude to politics rather than old-fashioned ideology…
A wonderful encapsulation of the voice of Britain's former prime minister "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." Margaret Thatcher, UK prime minister 1979-1990 and leader of the Conservative Party 1975-1990, was the only women to h…
