Making the Weather :Six Politicians Who Changed Modern Britain

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Making the Weather

Making the Weather :Six Politicians Who Changed Modern Britain

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Making the Weather is the story of six post-war politicians, all of whom exerted an outsized influence on the political life of the UK: an influence greater than that of most prime ministers. Vernon Bogdanor’s cast includes three from the political Left – Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, Roy Jenkins, and Tony Benn – and three from the Right – Enoch Powell, Keith Joseph, and Nigel Farage. Each study is a fascinating analysis that examines how these men achieved such prominence and influence and how, though very different figures in many ways, they came to dominate the political landscape, often for a period of years.

Each of the six made fundamental contributions to the debate about Britain’s future and to the vibrancy of our democracy. From immigration to Europe, from the NHS to devolution, the issues and causes that brought these men to prominence are still of considerable contemporary relevance.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781914979088
ISBN10 1914979087
Number Of Pages 368
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Haus Publishing
Format hardback
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‘[An] intelligent and thoughtful set of essays … Bogdanor’s book is revelatory.’

-- Simon Heffer, Telegraph

‘Written with cool objectivity … [a] thought-provoking book.’

-- Max Hastings, Sunday Times

‘A series of elegant essays.’

-- Chris Mullin, Spectator

‘Bogdanor has written an incisive and absorbing account of these seminal British figures. He has added the color of the past to the monochrome of the present.’

-- Colin Shindler, The Jerusalem Post

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Author's Bio

Vernon Bogdanor CBE is professor of government at the Institute of Contemporary British History, King’s College London. He was for many years professor of government at Oxford University. He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. He is a frequent contributor to TV, radio and the press and was the BBC’s academic expert on the 2016 referendum programme. He has written a number of books on constitutional and political history, including Beyond Brexit and The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain.

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