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Intro -- Praise -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE MAKING OF THE PREMIERSHIP -- Chapter 1: Made in the Home Office -- Chapter 2: Fortress No. 10 -- Chapter 3: A Hard Course to Brexit, 2016-17 -- Chapter 4: Building Her Brand -- Chapter 5: The Pivot: The 2017 General Election -- PART TWO: THE UNRAVELLING OF THE PREMIERSHIP -- Chapter 6: 'Nothing Has Changed' -- Chapter 7: A Deal with the DUP -- Chapter 8: The Week After: The 1922 Committee and Grenfell -- Chapter 9: Hard Road to Hell -- Chapter 10: Re-Finding Her Agenda -- Chapter 11: Dawn Dash to Brussels: The Double-Edged Joint Report -- Chapter 12: Paradise Lost: A Botched Reshuffle -- Chapter 13: Authority Reasserted: Salisbury and Syria -- Chapter 14: Chequers: Journey into Obscurity -- Chapter 15: Into the Eye of the Storm -- Chapter 16: Brexit: No Way Through -- Chapter 17: First Attempt at Parliament: May's Quest for a Domestic Legacy -- Chapter 18: The Second Attempt at Parliament -- Chapter 19: Third and Final Meaningful Vote -- Chapter 20: The Last Throw of the Dice: Talks with Labour -- Epilogue: The Last Days of a Premiership -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Works by Anthony Seldon -- Picture Credits -- Index -- Copyright.

Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Jeremy Heywood -- Introduction: The Argument -- Chapter 1: Cabinet Government Before 1916 -- Chapter 2: The Creation of the Cabinet Office: The Cabinet Secretariat and the First World War, 1916-18 -- Chapter 3: Maurice Hankey and the Interwar Years, 1918-39 -- Chapter 4: Edward Bridges and the Second World War, 1938-45 -- Chapter 5: Norman Brook: Commander of the Mid-Twentieth Century, 1946-63 -- Chapter 6: Housing the Cabinet Office, 1916-2016 -- Chapter 7: Burke Trend and John Hunt: Adjusting to the Modern Era, 1963-79 -- Chapter 8: Robert Armstrong and Robin Butler: The Last of the Traditionalists, 1979-98 -- Chapter 9: New Labour, New Challenges: Wilson, Turnbull and O'Donnell, 1997-2010 -- Chapter 10: Coalition and Beyond, 2010-16 -- Bibliography -- Picture Credits -- Index -- A, B, C -- D, E, F -- G, H, I -- J, K, L -- M, N, O -- P, Q, R -- S, T, U -- V, W, X -- Y, Z -- Plates -- Copyright

The updated edition of the bestselling title, Trust is the first serious response to the era of post-financial and political meltdown, Dr. Anthony Seldon lays out a blueprint for regaining trust within the national life. In part a wide-ranging meditation on notions of trust and responsibility in civic society, Trust is a powerful and important analysis of ten essential areas where trust in national life has broken down. Using examples from throughout the world and from history, it offers ten solutions for a better, more positive future

Pt 1. Politics and government. The Blair premiership / Dennis Kavanagh -- Parliament / Philip Cowley -- Elections and public opinion / John Curtice -- Local government / Tony Travers -- Central government / Paul Fawcett and R.A.W. Rhodes -- The constitution / Philip Norton -- Media management / Raymond Kuhn -- Tony Blair as Labour Party leader / Richard Heffernan -- Social democracy / Vernon Bogdanor -- pt. 2. Economics and finance. The treasury and economic policy / Peter Sinclair -- New Labour, new capitalism / Robert Taylor -- Transport / Stephen Glaister -- Industrial policy / Nicholas Crafts -- pt. 3. Policy studies. Law and the judiciary / Michael Beloff -- Crime and penal policy / Tim Newburn and Robert Reiner -- Immigration / Sarah Spencer -- Schools / Alan Smithers -- The health and welfare legacy / Nick Bosanquet -- Equality and social justice / Kitty Stewart -- Culture and attitudes / Ben Page -- Higher education / John O'Leary -- pt. 4. Wider Relations. The national question / Iain McLean -- Ireland: the Peace Process / Frank Millar -- Europe / Ian Bache and Neill Nugent -- Development / Richard Manning -- Climate change / Kunal Khatri -- Foreign policy / Michael Clarke -- Defence / Lawrence Freedman.

The Conservative Party is Britain's most successful political party. For large parts of modern British history it has been the dominant party, though it has always suffered from internal division and periods of defeat. This colourful account of the Party's history since the late 18th century takes the reader on a voyage of discovery