Title: Unleashing demons : the inside story of the EU referendum /
Authors: Oliver, Craig,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Oliver, Craig.; European Union Membership.; European Union Great Britain.; Referendum Great Britain History; Great Britain Relations European Union countries.; European Union countries Relations Great Britain.
Abstract: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT. As David Cameron's Director of Politics and Communications, Craig Oliver was in the room at every key moment during the EU referendum campaign - interacting with all the players including David Cameron, George Osborne, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Theresa May and Peter Mandelson. Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story of the EU Referendum is based on detailed notes which tell the story of every key moment from the decision to call a referendum to the subsequent civil war in the Conservative Party and the aftermath of the shock result.
Contents: Preface: Referendum Night -- Introduction -- JANUARY: We are all Just Prisoners here -- Famous Last Words -- Remind Me Whose Idea This Was? -- FEBRUARY: Who do EU Think You Are Kidding? -- What It’s Like to be Ed Miliband --- The Domino Theory -- Clash of the Titans -- I Have No Other Agenda -- MARCH: The Price of Labour Will Go Up -- An Honest Man -- Well This Is a Mess -- The One Word He Didn’t Use -- APRIL: It’s Been a Difficult Few Days -- We’ve Just Got to Win This Thing -- Who’s Up for a Threesome? -- To the Back of the Queue -- Well Get Back to You -- MAY: World War Three -- Welcome to the Labour Party -- We Can’t Be Complacent -- A Sticking Plaster on a Gaping Wound -- Attempted Coup -- JUNE: I Know Waffle When I Hear It -- You’re Killing Us -- This Is Giving Me a Heart Attack -- We Need a Fluke to Win This Now -- Nigel, You’re No Fisherman’s Friend -- A Voice of Compassion -- This Truly Is a Leap in the Dark -- It’s Supposed to be About Europe -- Referendum Day -- AFTER: Like Jokers at an Auction -- What Went Wrong? -- The Last One Standing -- EPILOGUE: And so… ?