All in This Together
Author | : Ann Treneman |
Publisher | : Biteback Publishing |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2015-09-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781849549721 |
ISBN-13 | : 1849549729 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Download or read book All in This Together written by Ann Treneman and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n this uproarious collection, Ann Treneman, the caustic and witty parliamentary sketch-writer for The Times, tells the true, unvarnished story of Britain's first coalition government since the Second World War. As well as the headline acts - David Cameron and his Flashman alter ego, Nick Clegg's struggle to stop looking sad, Ed 'Two Kitchens' Miliband's heroic attempts to relaunch himself - she was there to see UKIP shed its fruitcakes, the Speaker be compared to a dwarf, and the Greens go surge-tastic. With an eye for the absurd, an ear always attuned to the jargon junkies of politics, and a nose for what's really going on underneath the talk, Ann Treneman chronicles the events that everyone in Parliament would much rather forget: the AV referendum; the chaos of the tuition-fee vote; the Omnishambles Budget; the train wreck that was Lords reform; the dramatic Syria vote; and, of course, the panic-stricken campaign over the Scottish Neverendum. Floods, horsemeat, badgers and bile, it's all here - a tragicomic coalition tale. 'Gorgeous George' Osborne may have said 'we're all in this together', but now they really are - in this hilarious book.