
- 368 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
They say the first rule of politics is never to resign. It seems, however, that Britain's leaders have all too often failed β or refused β to heed this sage advice.Fighters and Quitters charts the scandals, controversies and cock-ups that have obliterated dreams of high office, from the ex-minister who faked his death in the 1970s, to Geoffrey Howe's plot to topple Margaret Thatcher, to the many casualties of the Brexit saga. Then there are the sex and spy scandals that heralded doom and, of course, the infamous Profumo Affair.Who jumped and who was pushed? Who battled to keep their job and who collapsed at the first hint of pressure? Who returned, Lazarus-like, for a second act? From humiliating surrenders to principled departures, Fighters and Quitters lifts the lid on the lives of the politicians who fell on their own swords.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Introduction β When to Fight and When to Quit
- Chapter One β The Duchess of Atholl
- Chapter Two β John Profumo
- Chapter Three β Lords Lambton and Jellicoe
- Chapter Four β John Stonehouse
- Chapter Five β Jeremy Thorpe
- Chapter Six β Michael Heseltine and Leon Brittan
- Chapter Seven β Edwina Currie
- Chapter Eight β Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe
- Chapter Nine β Ron Davies
- Chapter Ten β Peter Mandelson
- Chapter Eleven β Stephen Byers
- Chapter Twelve β Robin Cook and Clare Short
- Chapter Thirteen β Liam Fox
- Chapter Fourteen β Chris Huhne
- Chapter Fifteen β Andrew Mitchell
- Chapter Sixteen β Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless
- Chapter Seventeen β Damian Green
- Chapter Eighteen β David Davis and Boris Johnson
- Chapter Nineteen β Dominic Raab and Esther McVey
- Afterword β The Never-Ending Scandal
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright