The Eye of the Storm
eBook - ePub

The Eye of the Storm

The View from the Centre of a Political Scandal

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Eye of the Storm

The View from the Centre of a Political Scandal

About this book

MPs' expenses in 2009. Phone hacking in 2011. 'Plebgate' in 2012. If a good speech or a ground-breaking new policy fails to get people talking, you can be sure a juicy scandal will do the trick. Our instantaneous news culture of social networks, blogs and Twitter feeds means politicians now, more than ever, can find themselves the focus of every journalist in the country in what seems like the blink of an eye. But behind this hostile media landscape, behind the storm of camera flashes and the clamour of opponents on all sides baying for blood, are the politicians themselves. With the benefit of personal interviews and access to senior officials including Vince Cable, Andrew Mitchell and Jeremy Hunt, Rob Wilson MP details what it's really like to be at the heart of a relentless media onslaught. Describing both the emotional upheaval and the strategies employed as politicians try to navigate through careers seemingly hanging by a thread, Wilson reveals the extraordinary political and personal stories behind the public drama; the real impact on those who live in the eye of the storm.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. CONTENTS
  4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. CHAPTER 1: ANDREW MITCHELL’S HEARTBREAK
  7. CHAPTER 2: LIAM FOX HUNTED DOWN
  8. CHAPTER 3: CHRIS HUHNE ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE
  9. CHAPTER 4: VINCE CABLE GOES TO WAR
  10. CHAPTER 5: JEREMY HUNT LOSES CONTROL
  11. CHAPTER 6: CHARLES CLARKE FROM HERO TO ZERO IN UNDER A YEAR
  12. CHAPTER 7: JACQUI SMITH ON THE HOME FRONT
  13. CHAPTER 8: BACKBENCHERS FEEL THE PRESSURE
  14. CHAPTER 9: WILLIAM HAGUE’S FOUR-YEAR ORDEAL
  15. CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSION
  16. INDEX
  17. Copyright
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