Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries: .

Synopsis: A surprise win for the Conservatives as the voters decisively reject a Labo ur leader deemed not 'Prime Minister material' A Tory Party ripped apart b y European civil war A country rebounding from one of the worst recessions in living memory Check, check, check. One of the winners in an election v ictory nobody had predicted, back in 1992, Gyles Brandreth is no stranger t o a poll-confounding, knife-edge Tory majority. Controversially, his glorio usly indiscreet diaries revealed for the first time the secret world of the Government Whips Office and its struggles to control a party riven by in-f ighting over Europe. Now, as history looks set to repeat itself, comes the definitive edition of this widely acclaimed classic, featuring material ori ginally excised for legal reasons, as well as additional diaries taking the story on another ten years. With candid descriptions of the key figures of the era, from the leading players to the ministers who fell from grace - a nd a bright young hopeful by the name of David Cameron - Breaking the Code paints an extraordinary portrait of Whitehall and Westminster in our time w arts and all. About the Author: Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, former MP and government whip - and one of Britain's most sought-after award ceremony hosts and after-dinner speakers. Currently a reporter on The One Show on BBC One and a regular on Radio 4's Just a Minute, his acclaimed Victorian detective stories - The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries - are now published in twenty-one countries around the world.

Product Info

ISBN: 184954915X

ISBN-13: 9781849549158

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Year: 2015

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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