Tim Ross

Tom McTague

On18th April 2017, Theresa May stunned Britain by announcing a snapelection. With poll leads of more than 20 points over Jeremy Corbyn'sdivided Labour Party, the first Tory landslide since Margaret Thatcher's dayseemed certain. Sevenweeks later, Tory dreams had turned to dust. Instead of the 100-seat victoryshe'd been hoping for, May had lost her majority, leaving Parliament hung andher premiership hanging by a thread. Labour MPs, meanwhile, couldscarcely believe their luck. Far from delivering the wipe-out that mostpredicted, Corbyn's popular, anti-austerity agenda won the party 30 seats,cementing his position as leader and denying May the right to governalone. This timely and indispensable book gets to the bottom of why theTories failed, and how Corbyn's Labour overcame impossible odds to emergecloser to power than at any election since the era of Tony Blair. Who wasto blame for the Tories' mistakes? How could so many politicians and pollstersfail to see what was coming? And what was the secret of Corbyn'sapparently unstoppable rise? Throughnew interviews and candid private accounts from key players, politicaljournalists Tim Ross and Tom McTague set out to answer these questions andmore, piecing together the inside story of this mostdramatic and important of elections.

The Inside Story of the 2017 Election

Betting the House

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction** 'Powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political life' Rory Stewart, author of Politics on the Edge 'A lucid, thoughtful and richly provocative book' Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times 'Compelling, hugely well-informed . . . will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’ David Kynaston, author of Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 This is the definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe – as it’s never been told before. In a story of vaulting ambition and underhand politics, of nation, identity and belief, acclaimed political writer Tom McTague chronicles the battle of ideas, events and personalities that first took the country into the Common Market in 1973, only to take it out of the European Union in an explosive referendum a little over forty years later. Drawing on unpublished sources and exclusive interviews, McTague unearths the roots of ideological conflict that raged between the leading politicians of the twentieth century as they fought for the future of Europe – Charles de Gaulle, Harold Macmillan, Jean Monnet, Enoch Powell and Margaret Thatcher. Alongside these famous figures are the lesser-known actors in Britain’s great post-war drama: a coterie of Eurosceptic student radicals, Cold Warriors, eccentric billionaires and political strategists who turned the tide of history. A riveting story of the clashing ideals that have pulled at Britain’s public imagination for more than seven decades, Between the Waves raises that most elemental of questions: who are we? 'A sweeping, impressive and ambitious history of modern Europe' Helen Lewis, author of Difficult Women

The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016

Between the Waves

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.

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