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When Matthew Todd, editor of the bestselling gay lifestyle magazine Attitude, approached broadcaster and political pundit Iain Dale asking him to write a monthly column for the publication, Dale did not have to think twice about his answer. That was back in early 2013 and, since then, Dale has written over twenty columns – or 'gay shorts' – on a variety of subjects appealing to Attitude's readership and beyond. Although initially brought on board to bring more politics to the magazine than its usual contributors, Dale's columns have strayed well beyond the realms of his briefing. Ranging from

Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Politics and the NHS -- 2 Private sector v. public sector -- 3 Targets, outcomes and a seven-day-a-week NHS -- 4 What is 'national' about the National Health Service? -- 5 The coming funding gap -- 6 Care and the patient experience -- 7 The challenges of population growth and demographic change -- 8 The challenges of personal responsibility -- 9 Still the NHS Cinderella: mental health -- 10 Transparency and the right to know -- 11 Diet and the nanny state -- Conclusion -- 50 things which could make the NHS better -- About the LBC -- About the Series -- Copyright.

Margaret Thatcher is a British icon. There is no denying her place in history as Britain's greatest peacetime Prime Minister. The reaction to her death confirms that twenty-three years after leaving office she still bestrides the political scene, both in Britain and around the world, like a colossus. Margaret Thatcher was elected to Parliament in 1959. Twenty years later she became Britain's first woman Prime Minister. She achieved two further landslide election victories, making her the longest-serving British Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool. She resigned in November 1990 after eleve

You'll need this thoughtful and entertaining assembly of conservative quotations if you're at all keen on politics. With more than 2,000 key quotes, this authoritative collection contains all the best conservatives and their sayings, whether they were standing up for what's right or standing up to the left, showing off their wit or showing that their foes were witless. It's got all the big names: everyone from Aquinas to Bagehot, Churchill to Cameron, Shakespeare to Thatcher. In The Dictionary of Conservative Quotations you'll find humour (Quayle) and inspiration (Burke), political punches (Ha

?Iain Dale's Diary caught the beginning of the great blog wave and rode it until Twitter became the dominant form of digital communication. Dale was key in transforming British political comment ? melding political convictions, personal views, gossip and emotional honesty. His diary of the Westminster Village quickly built up hundreds of thousands of readers and became a must for those on the inside and those on the outside as well. Dale had something for everyone and not just political geeks: chance encounters, domestic dramas, the travails of supporting West Ham, and even the joys of wa

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Authors -- 1: What if Randolph Churchill had not died in 1895? -- 2: What if Clement Attlee had died during the First World War? -- 3: What if General Maxwell had not executed the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising? -- 4: What if Franklin D. Roosevelt had died of polio in 1921? -- 5: What if Ireland had joined the Allies in the Second World War? -- 6: Goodbye, Mr Chips: what if the News Chronicle had not closed in 1960? -- 7: What if Scotland had voted 'Yes' to an assembly in 1979? -- 8: Imagine: what if John Lennon had not been killed in 1980? -- 9: What if Margaret Thatcher had won the 1990 Conservative leadership election? -- 10: What if Ross Perot had withdrawn from the 1992 US presidential election? -- 11: What if Tony Blair had implemented the Jenkins Report and introduced AV+? -- 12: What if Eric Joyce had pulled his punches in 2012? -- 13: What if Nick Clegg had resigned as Liberal Democrat leader in 2014? -- 14: What if John McDonnell had fought the Labour leadership election in 2015? -- 15: What if Britain had voted Remain in 2016? -- 16: What if Jeremy Corbyn had stood down in late 2017? -- 17: What if Theresa May had passed her Brexit deal at the third attempt? (1) -- 18: What if Theresa May had passed her Brexit deal at the third attempt? (2) -- 19: What if Boris Johnson had won the 2019 election with only a small majority? -- 20: What if the UK's Covid response had been led by a woman? -- 21: What if Rebecca Long-Bailey had won the Labour leadership contest in April 2020? -- 22: What if President Trump had died of Covid-19? -- 23: What if Priti Patel became Prime Minister? -- Copyright.

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface by Iain Dale -- Preface by Jacqui Smith -- Facts and Figures -- Parliamentary Firsts for Women -- Candy Atherton - Linda Gilroy -- Charlotte Atkins - Kathryn Stanczyszyn -- Jackie Ballard - Carolyn Quinn -- Anne Begg - Anne McGuire -- Liz Blackman - Freya Pratty -- Hazel Blears - Jane Merrick -- Helen Clark - Linda McDougall -- Karen Buck - Scarlett MccGwire -- Christine Butler - Natalie Bennett -- Lynda Clark - Ann McKechin -- Yvette Cooper - Jess Asato -- Ann Cryer - Linda McDougall -- Claire Curtis-Thomas - Florence Boyle -- Valerie Davey - Karin Smyth -- Janet Dean - Ruth Smeeth -- Julia Drown - Fiona Mactaggart -- Maria Eagle - Katie French -- Louise Ellman - Charlotte Henry -- Lorna Fitzsimons - Rachel Cashman -- Caroline Flint - Julia Langdon -- Barbara Follett - Julia Langdon -- Linda Gilroy - Celia Ellacott -- Eileen Gordon - Linda Perham -- Jane Griffiths - Katie French -- Patricia Hewitt - Julia Langdon -- Beverley Hughes - Faten Hussein -- Joan Humble - Cat Smith -- Melanie Johnson - Mims Davies -- Fiona Jones - Linda McDougall -- Helen Jones - Jacqueline Fletcher -- Jenny Jones - Gisela Stuart -- Sally Keeble - Natasa Pantelic -- Ann Keen - Julia Langdon -- Ruth Kelly - Terry Stiastny -- Oona King - Ayesha Hazarika -- Tess Kingham - Sue Hayman -- Julie Kirkbride - Edwina Currie -- Eleanor Laing - Angela Browning -- Jackie Lawrence - Rachel Reeves -- Fiona Mactaggart - Celia Ellacott -- Judy Mallaber - Celia Ellacott -- Theresa May - Tracey Crouch -- Christine McCafferty -Holly Lynch -- Siobhain McDonagh - Mary Honeyball -- Anne McGuire - Kirsten Muat -- Anne McIntosh - Vivian Widgery -- Shona McIsaac - Shona Woodfine -- Rosemary McKenna - Anne McGuire -- Gillian Merron - Claire Ward -- Laura Moffatt - Caroline Flint -- Margaret Moran - Linda Gilroy -- Julie Morgan - Fiona Mactaggart.

History resting on a hair's breadth … a man dies rather than lives, an election is lost rather than won, one minister is appointed, another dismissed, a coalition is joined, or not. Enter a world of political counterfactuals, twenty-two examinations of things that never happened - but could have. In this book a collection of distinguished commentators, including journalists, academics, former MPs and special advisers, consider how things might have turned out differently throughout a century of political history - from Lloyd George and Keynes drowning at sea in 1916 right through to Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister in 2016. Scholarly analyses of possibilities and causalities take their place beside fictional accounts of alternate political histories - and all are guaranteed to entertain and make you think.

Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- The 2017 general election results -- Thirty memorable quotes of the 2017 general election -- Scotland -- The polls at the 2017 general election: what could possibly go wrong? -- The media -- The new election rule book after the 2017 general election -- 2017 general election - regional survey -- 2017 general election statistics -- The demographics of the new House of Commons -- The new MPs and parliament of 2017 -- Index of new MPs -- by surname -- by party -- by constituency -- by region -- New women MPs (36) by party -- New BME MPs (12) by party -- Defeated MPs (66) by party -- Retired or deselected MPs (32) by party -- The class of 2017 -- Results by constituency -- Copyright