- 336 pages
- English
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About this book
22 Days in May is the first detailed Liberal Democrat insider account of the negotiations which led to the formation of the Lib Dem/Conservative coalition government in May 2010, along with an essential desription of the early days of the government.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Thursday 6 May 2010 General election day
- Friday 7 May 2010 First moves in a hung parliament
- Saturday 8 May 2010 Consulting the party, ālisteningā to Labour
- Sunday 9 May 2010 Talking to the Tories
- Monday 10 May 2010 An offer spurned, a leader resigns, Labour talks fail
- Tuesday 11 May 2010 āMake your mind up timeā
- Wednesday 12 May 2010 A coalition formed, a Cabinet joined
- Thursday 13 May 2010 Attending the Cabinet, kissing hands with the Queen
- Friday 14 May 2010 Celebrations in south Somerset
- Saturday 15 ā Sunday 16 May 2010 A weekend in the Treasury
- Monday 17 May 2010 āThere is no money leftā
- Tuesday 18 May 2010 In search of Ā£6 billion
- Wednesday 19 ā Sunday 23 May 2010 Delivering the cuts
- Monday 24 May 2010 Wielding the axe
- Tuesday 25 May 2010 Preparing for the Budget
- Wednesday 26 May 2010 A Commons debut
- Thursday 27 May 2010 The Spending Review begins
- A resignation
- Postscript The coalition: its origins and prospects
- Appendix 1 Conservative proposals: Saturday 8 May
- Appendix 2 ConservativeāLib Dem confidence and supply agreement: Monday 10 May
- Appendix 3 Reform of the voting system ā a bankable offer from the Conservatives: Monday 10 May
- Appendix 4 Labour āofferā document: Saturday 8 May
- Appendix 5 Labour Party proposals: āLiberal DemocratāLabour Party Discussionsā, Monday 10 May
- Appendix 6 Liberal Democrat draft confidence and supply agreement: April ā May 2010
- Appendix 7 Final coalition agreement: Tuesday 11 May
- Appendix 8 Liberal Democrat ministers in the coalition government: May 2010