In it together
Subtitle: the inside story of the coalition government
By: Matthew d'Ancona
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780670919932; 9780670919949; 9780670919956
Subjects: Koalition; Koalitionsregeringar; Liberal Democrats (Storbritannien); Conservative Party (Storbritannien); History; Politics and government; Liberal Democrats (Great Britain); Conservative Party (Great Britain); Liberal Democrats; Historia; Politiska förhållanden; Coalition governments; Konservative Partei
Description: Tells the story of Britain's coalition government. With exclusive, unprecedented access to all the major senior figures, from David Cameron, George Osborne, Boris Johnson and Nick Clegg, this title tells the truth behind key relationships, the U-turns, the shifts in policies, the dramatic fights and arguments and the warring within the party.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : in it together; title: 'How the hell did this happen?'; title: Rose garden : one plan, two guv'nors; title: Attention deficit; title: 'I wasn't really leading'; title: Political benefits : the fraught politics of welfare; title: 'So big, you can see it from space'; title: Civil action : the Gove revolution; title: 'A huge event in the life of the nation'; title: Gamble in the desert : the war against Gaddafi; title: The ballad of Steve and Jeremy; title: The Boris situation; title: Omnishambles; title: Banging on; title: Paper value : hacking and Leveson; title: 'The last leader of the lib dems'; title: 'Plebs'; title: Trouble and strife; title: Eastleigh ever after; title: Jeffrey's revenge; title: Farewell to the Lady; title: A new England?