Betting The House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Betting The House write by Tim Ross. This book was released on 2017-11-07. Betting The House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On 18th April 2017, Theresa May stunned Britain by announcing a snap election. With poll leads of more than 20 points over Jeremy Corbyn's divided Labour Party, the first Tory landslide since Margaret Thatcher's day seemed certain. Seven weeks later, Tory dreams had turned to dust. Instead of the 100-seat victory she'd been hoping for, May had lost her majority, leaving Parliament hung and her premiership hanging by a thread. Labour MPs, meanwhile, could scarcely believe their luck. Far from delivering the wipe-out that most predicted, Corbyn's popular, anti-austerity agenda won the party 30 seats, cementing his position as leader and denying May the right to govern alone. This timely and indispensable book gets to the bottom of why the Tories failed, and how Corbyn's Labour overcame impossible odds to emerge closer to power than at any election since the era of Tony Blair. Who was to blame for the Tories' mistakes? How could so many politicians and pollsters fail to see what was coming? And what was the secret of Corbyn's apparently unstoppable rise? Through new interviews and candid private accounts from key players, political journalists Tim Ross and Tom McTague set out to answer these questions and more, piecing together the inside story of this most dramatic and important of elections.
The Left Case for Brexit
The Left Case for Brexit - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Left Case for Brexit write by Richard Tuck. This book was released on 2020-04-09. The Left Case for Brexit available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Liberal left orthodoxy holds that Brexit is a disastrous coup, orchestrated by the hard right and fuelled by xenophobia, which will break up the Union and turn what’s left of Britain into a neoliberal dystopia. Richard Tuck’s ongoing commentary on the Brexit crisis demolishes this narrative. He argues that by opposing Brexit and throwing its lot in with a liberal constitutional order tailor-made for the interests of global capitalists, the Left has made a major error. It has tied itself into a framework designed to frustrate its own radical policies. Brexit therefore actually represents a golden opportunity for socialists to implement the kind of economic agenda they have long since advocated. Sadly, however, many of them have lost faith in the kind of popular revolution that the majoritarian British constitution is peculiarly well-placed to deliver and have succumbed instead to defeatism and the cultural politics of virtue-signalling. Another approach is, however, still possible. Combining brilliant contemporary political insights with a profound grasp of the ironies of modern history, this book is essential for anyone who wants a clear-sighted assessment of the momentous underlying issues brought to the surface by Brexit.
Britain Explained
Britain Explained - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Britain Explained write by Martin Upham. This book was released on 2017-05-18. Britain Explained available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explains the complexities of British identity as expressed in politics, education, the economy, law, culture, sport, religion and social attitudes. For international and UK students taking courses covering British society and culture and the general reader wishing to understand a country divided by Brexit.The 2016 EU referendum underlined Britain's differences from its continental neighbours. But it also demonstrated how this 'united' kingdom is in many ways very disunited. England and Wales voted one way, Northern Ireland and Scotland the other; and within England the provinces voted against London. Such divisions are nothing new. Clashing interests and identities are expressed in every aspect of British history and contemporary life. Author Martin Upham spent many years explaining the complexities of British identity to Americans 'studying abroad' in London, where he was the director of AHA International (now GEO). This book is based on that experience. The result is a fascinating expedition that will entertain and educate not just students of British society and culture and those coming from abroad but also general readers concerned about the state of Britain − whether they are Brexiters or Remainers.Illustrated throughout.
Devolution in Britain Today
Devolution in Britain Today - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Devolution in Britain Today write by Colin Pilkington. This book was released on 2002. Devolution in Britain Today available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of devolved government in Britain today.
Scots and the Union
Scots and the Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scots and the Union write by Christopher A Whatley. This book was released on 2014-04-14. Scots and the Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book traces the background to the Treaty of Union of 1707, explains why it happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including the bitter struggle with the Jacobites for acceptance of the union in the two decades that followed its inaugur
