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    Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss
    Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss
    Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss
    Audiobook12 hours

    Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss

    Written by Steve Richards

    Narrated by Steve Richards

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    • Uk Politics

    • Labour Party

    • Us-Uk Relations

    • Conservative Party

    • Brexit

    • Power Struggle

    • Political Intrigue

    • Underdog Victory

    • Power Struggles

    • Political Drama

    • Ideological Conflict

    • Unintended Consequences

    • Political Revolution

    • Rags to Riches

    • Rivalry

    • Politics

    • Suez Crisis

    • Taxation

    • European Union

    • Public Services

    About this audiobook

    The Times Best Politics and Current Affairs Books of the Year

    An entertaining and revealing history of modern British politics from Steve Richards, broadcaster, journalist, and author of The Prime Ministers We Never Had.

    'Through wonderful vignettes, Richards offers a masterful, clear-eyed and, above all, entertaining history of British politics. To pilot a better future, we need to learn how not to repeat the mistakes of the past. The book is a lesson in just that' – Will Hutton

    Every few weeks in British politics, a columnist will reach for the word ‘unprecedented’ as a cabinet minister resigns or yet another inquiry is called. We have become so accustomed to turmoil that it is impossible to take a breath and see where we are headed. In this magisterial history, respected broadcaster and journalist Steve Richards puts the recent chaos into context and takes a step back to explore ten critical moments that have shaped modern Britain.

    From the Suez Crisis of 1956 to the Covid-19 pandemic, from 1945 to Thatcher, Richards argues that it is only with distance that we can perceive the tectonic plates shifting – and events that may seem earth-shattering in the moment might be a passing tremor with the perspective of history.

    With his trademark insight, forged over several decades as one of the UK’s foremost political commentators, Richards blends anecdote and analysis to explore the biggest events in British political history. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand our nation, this landmark work is enlightening and entertaining in equal measure.

    'An engaging canter through postwar Britain . . . shaped by a lifetime of reading' – Prospect

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan
    Release dateSep 21, 2023
    ISBN9781035015382
    Author

    Steve Richards

    Steve Richards is a political columnist, journalist, author and presenter. He regularly presents The Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4 and has presented BBC series on Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn. He is the author of The Prime Ministers and The Prime Ministers We Never Had, the latter of which was named a ‘Book of the Year’ in The Guardian and The Times. He writes for several national newspapers including The Guardian, the Independent and the Financial Times. He also presents a popular political one-man show each year at the Edinburgh Festival and across the UK.

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