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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Britain's 2016 vote to leave the EU divided the nation, unleashing years of political turmoil. Today, many remain unreconciled to Brexit whilst, in a tragic irony, some of those most committed to it are angry and dissatisfied with what was delivered. In this clear-headed assessment, Chris Grey argues that this painful legacy was all but inevitable, skilfully unpacking how and why the promise of Brexit dissolved during the confusing and often dramatic events that followed the referendum. Now fully updated with an afterword covering each element of the Brexit debate since the end of the transition period in 2021, this new edition remains the essential guide to one of the most bitterly contested issues of our time.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A devastating picture of a police force riven with corruption, misogyny and incompetence.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From 1999 to 2009, Damian McBride worked at the heart of the Treasury and No. 10. He was a pivotal member of Gordon Brown's inner circle before a notorious scandal propelled him out of Downing Street and onto the front pages. When he released his memoir Power Trip in 2013, its frank depiction of the dirty work that props up British politics was greeted with shock, disgust and awe. Never before had the lid been blown off the Westminster system with such ferocity. Throughout the book, McBride made no effort to cleanse his reputation; instead, he sought relentlessly to expose the manipulation, plotting and skullduggery that lay at New Labour's core. Ten years on, Power Trip remains the essential guide to understanding the murky underbelly of modern politics and how it can shape and corrupt those who inhabit it for too long. Now updated with a new foreword, this is the 10th anniversary edition of the most explosive political memoir of the past decade.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The speed of Rishi Sunak's advance to 10Downing Street is without precedent in modern British politics. In the middleof 2019, he was an unknown junior minister; seven months later, he becameChancellor of the Exchequer; and by October 2022, he had secured the highestoffice in the land. Aged forty-two, he was Britain's youngest Prime Ministerfor more than 200 years. He was also the fifth person to occupy the post since2016. Michael Ashcroft's carefully researchedbiography - first published in 2020 and now fully revised and updated - chartsSunak's ascent from his parents' Southampton pharmacy to the University ofOxford, the City of London, Silicon Valley and Westminster before assuming themost powerful job in the country in chaotic circumstances. It is the story of a clever and hard-workingson of immigrant parents who marries an Indian heiress and makes a fortune ofhis own; a polished urban southerner who wins over the voters of rural NorthYorkshire; a fiscally conservative financier who becomes the biggest-spendingChancellor in history; and a fastidious political operator tasked with fixingthe nation's problems and reuniting the Conservative Party while grappling withan economy in a state of flux. Casting new light on Sunak's tense workingrelationship with his predecessor, Boris Johnson, All to Play For showswhat makes the Prime Minister tick ahead of a general election whose outcomewill have profound consequences for Britain's future.…