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Unleashing demons : the inside story of Brexit / Craig Oliver.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oliver, Craig, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oliver, Craig.
- European Union--Membership.
- European Union.
- European Union--Great Britain.
- Economic conditions.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--21st century.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--21st century.
- International relations.
- Referendum.
- European Union countries.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 420 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2016.
- Summary:
- POLITICS & GOVERNMENT. As David Cameron's Director of Politics and Communications, Craig Oliver was in the room at every key moment during the EU referendum campaign - interacting with all the players including David Cameron, George Osborne, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Theresa May and Peter Mandelson. Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story of the EU Referendum is based on detailed notes which tell the story of every key moment from the decision to call a referendum to the subsequent civil war in the Conservative Party and the aftermath of the shock result.
- Contents:
- January
- 1 We Are All Just Prisoners Here 15
- 2 Famous Last Words 22
- 3 Remind Me Whose Idea This Was? 33
- 4 She Could Be PM in Six Months 43
- February
- 5 Who Do EU Think You Are Kidding? 59
- 6 What It's Like to be Ed Miliband 68
- 7 The Domino Theory 79
- 8 Clash of the Titans 89
- 9 I Have No Other Agenda 101
- March
- 10 The Price of Labour Will Go Up 111
- 11 An Honest Man 123
- 12 Well, This Is a Mess 135
- 13 The One Word He Didn't Use 144
- April
- 14 It's Been a Difficult Few Days 157
- 15 We've Just Got to Win This Thing 170
- 16 Who's Up for a Threesome? 180
- 17 To the Back of the Queue 190
- 18 We'll Get Back to You 200
- May
- 19 World War Three 215
- 20 Welcome to the Labour Party 227
- 21 We Can't Be Complacent 239
- 22 A Sticking Plaster on a Gaping Wound 250
- 23 Attempted Coup 260
- June
- 24 I Know Waffle When I Hear It 273
- 25 You're Killing Us 282
- 26 This Is Giving Me a Heart Attack 294
- 27 We Need a Fluke to Win This Now 309
- 28 Nigel, You're No Fisherman's Friend 324
- 29 A Voice of Compassion 333
- 30 This Truly Is a Leap in the Dark 343
- 31 It's Supposed to be About Europe 353
- 32 Referendum Day 362
- After
- 33 Like Jokers at an Auction 375
- 34 What Went Wrong? 382
- 35 The Last One Standing 390.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781473652460
- 1473652464
- 9781473652453
- 1473652456
- OCLC:
- 961801584
- Publisher Number:
- 99969287749
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