An utterly exasperated history of modern Britain, or, 60 years of making the same stupid mistakes as always
By: John O'Farrell
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780552775465
Subjects: Humor; History
Other titles: 60 years of making the same stupid mistakes as always
Description: Elucidates the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945.
Notes: Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. 1945-1951: how a labour government fundamentally changed Britain and the world for the better, but it was all rather spoiled by the absence of chocolate; title: 2. 1951-1963: how the ruling class lost the British people's respect just because they were exposed as a bunch of self serving, philandering liars; title: 3. 1963-1970: how Harold Wilson and the Beatles won the World Cup for England (but weren't allowed to melt it down to save the economy); title: 4. 1970-1979: how strikes, soccer hooligans and ludicrous hairstyles made Britain seem like the sick man of Europe; title: 5. 1979-1990: how one woman made the rich richer, the poor poorer and everyone in the middle feel briefly guilty about stepping over the homeless on the way to cash in their Telecom shares; title: 6. 1990-1997: how Eastern Europe fell apart, Western Europe came together and John Major rose to the historic times with a traffic cone hotline; title: 7. 1997-2008: how new labour gave the poor a bit more cash, the rich a lot more cash and then watched the banks lose the whole lot anyway; title: Bibliography; title: Index.