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Power trip : a decade of policy, plots and spin / Damian McBride.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McBride, Damian, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McBride, Damian, 1974-.
- McBride, Damian.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1997-2007.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--2007-.
- Physical Description:
- 435 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Biteback Publishing, 2013.
- Contents:
- Slow Ascent into Hell
- 1 Easter Monday, 2009 3
- 2 Warning Signs 5
- 3 The Fast Stream 10
- 4 Customs as I Am 16
- 5 The Treasury Type 23
- 6 A Trucking Mess 29
- 7 VAT Man Again. And Again 36
- 8 Sport of Queens 43
- 9 My Demon Booze 49
- 10 Meeting the Mother 56
- 11 The Art of the Budget 62
- 12 Rising to the Top 70
- Going to the Dark Side
- 13 What Makes the Two Eds Tick? 79
- 14 Breaking Bad News 86
- 15 The Art of Budget Briefing 95
- 16 Interviews: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 105
- 17 Dirty Hands 114
- 18 Security 120
- 19 The Washingtonian 127
- 20 Lead in the Pencil 135
- 21 Gordon and the Eds 142
- 22 The Politics of Poverty 150
- 23 Honours 159
- 24 'The Evil That Men Do' 165
- Mad Dog on the Loose
- 25 Blair and Brown: The Cola Wars 173
- 26 Taking On the Tories 183
- 27 Leaks and Leakers 189
- 28 The Art of Overseas Trips 197
- 29 The Editors 206'
- 30 Political Footballs 214
- 31 Conference 223
- 32 The Family Guy 232
- 33 Going to the Mattresses 241
- 34 Asian Persuasion 250
- 35 Becoming the Leader 259
- 36 What We Lost the Day We Won 267
- The Rollercoaster
- 37 The Hacks 279
- 38 Riding High 286
- 39 Presidents and First Ladies 294
- 40 Maggie and Me 302
- 41 Too Many Mistakes 307
- 42 New People 321
- 43 Thursday Night Lies 330
- 44 For the Glory of Gordon 337
- 45 The Forces of Hell 347
- 46 The David Miliband Conundrum 356
- 47 The Art of the Reshuffle 364
- 48 'Rough Seas Make Good Sailors' 374
- Walk Through the Storm
- 49 The Darker Arts 385
- 50 Anatomy of a Resignation 395
- 51 Back to the Beginning 404
- 52 Politics, Gordon and Me 414.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781849545969
- 1849545960
- OCLC:
- 853507359
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