The British General Election of 2010 [Hardcover]

The British General Election of 2010 is a must-read for anyone wanting to know how the action unfolded in the most dramatic election for a generation. Drawing on hundreds of confidential interviews with all the key players, it offers a compelling insider's guide to the election's background, campaign and results, including a detailed account of what really happened in the formation of the UK's first coalition government since the second world war.Designed to appeal to everyone from Westminster insiders, to politics students and to the wider general public, this is the authoritative account of the 2010 election.Continuing a proud Palgrave Macmillan tradition, The British General Election of 2010 is the eighteenth in the prestigious series of books dating back to 1945.Foreword by David Butler Preface 1. The Election That Never Was: 2007 2. Recession, Scandal and War: The Political Context 3. From Blair to Brown: Labour 4. A Coup of Chums: The Conservatives 5. Three Leaders, Little Progress: The Liberal Democrats 6. Fragmentation and Diversity: The Others 7. Losing It in January: The Coming of the Election 8. Cleggmania and Bigotgate: The National Campaign 9. A Long Night, With No Winner: Election Night 10. Five Days in May: The Formation of the Coalition 11. Where We Work, We Win: The Constituency Battle 12. Worms and Surges: The Polls 13. The X-Factor Election: On the Air, Martin Harrison 14. Labour No More: The Press, Margaret Scammell and Charlie Beckett 15. More Diverse, Yet More Uniform: MPs and Candidates, Byron Criddle 16. A Landmark Election: The Campaign in Retrospect Appendix 1: The Voting Statistics Appendix 2: An Analysis of the Results, John Curtice, Stephen Fisher and Robert Ford

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