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Each of these chapters in this book of political counterfactuals describes a premiership that never happened, but might easily have done had the chips fallen slightly differently. The contributors, each of them experts in political history, have asked themselves questions like: what shape would the welfare state and the cold war have taken if the Prime Minister had been Herbert Morrison instead of Clement Attlee? What would have been consequences for Northern Ireland had Norman Tebbit succeeded Margaret Thatcher? How would our present life be different without New Labour - a name we would never have heard if either Kinnock or Smith had become Prime Minister and not Tony Blair? Each of the chapters in this book describes events that really might have happened. And almost did.
Ben is a labrador dog, but he is a very special animal. Owing to top secret Soviet experiments on his mother, Ben has the ability to communicate with humans. Sam is a boy left paralysed after a car crash in which his father is killed. And he is left with a nagging doubt that the crash may not have been the accident it appears. The two are brought together and soon find themselves plunged into a breakneck adventure as they encounter the mysterious Miss Alice, who seems to know rather more about murky worlds of Soviet espionage that might be expected of a retired lady from Devon, and the sinister Sir John Munday whose outward jolly nature masks a terrible secret.
“An enjoyable and practical guide to dealing with game in the kitchen. Partridge, duck, venison, pheasant and grouse are all managed imaginatively.” —The Express On visiting his local butcher, Norman Tebbit, food lover and family cook, wondered why people would rather buy tasteless, factory-farmed chicken when they could eat good-quality game often for less money. “I think mostly,” replied the butcher, “it’s because they don’t know how to cook them—and they think it would be very difficult.” First published in 2009 and unavailable for many years, this is a revised, updated and redesigned edition, now containing new recipes, of this immensely popular cookbook. Norman Tebbi...
Amusing, revealing, sympathetic and occasionally antagonistic, these observations combine to give a unique portrait of the political and personal life
Memories of Maggie brings together personal reminiscenes and anecdotes from those who experienced close encounters with the Iron Lady, including Norman Tebbit, Cecil Parkinson, Kenneth Baker, George Bush, Helmut Kohl, John Gummer and William Hague.
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A cautionary tale for politicians of all parties. It gives an insider's account of the Conservative Party's extraordinary journey from the victory of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 to the humiliating defeat of 1997 and beyond. It is largely drawn from diaries kept by the author during the 1980s and 1990s.