Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Part One: The Sound of the Suburbs
The suburbs are what make Britain great
Not every age needs a Churchill or a de Gaulle
Once in a while just go for it, hell for leather
Peace and freedom: the blessings of capitalism
Six reasons why I’m an uber-moderniser
MPs? Well, I can’t trust anyone. Not even you
I’d never voted Tory. But changing was easy
It’s human to dread change and fear loss
Labour hasn’t got a monopoly on compassion
No, I won’t be asking for a foreign passport
Part Two: The Rules of Politics
Now here’s a spiffing idea …
Why a mobile phone on a beach sends out a stark message to Gordon Brown
Happy birthday! We like you
Top Tory tips: climb the ladder, check out the ceiling and see the cheese
Let me flog you a used car
Guess the weight of the ox: then you will see what’s wrong with our politics
Enough substance, Mr Cameron. Stick to style … because you’re worth it
Ooh matron! I’m sick of fizzy populism
Curse of the Premier of the Month
Some sage advice: ignore the results
Everyone agrees he’s got to go. So why hasn’t he?
Keep plugging away. The brand is a winner
This isn’t Fox: The Movie. It’s messy, real life
This politico has a lesson for ‘the real world’
There’s only one solution to the PM’s dilemma
What happens in Syria will not stay in Syria
71 days to go and Ed has no campaign in sight
Bad news for Labour: you’re stuck with him
Part Three: The Arrow of History
The 2016 Isaiah Berlin Lecture
1968 violence: blame the bulge
Understand Chelsea versus Sheffield, and you will see the Iraq game plan
Mr Blair’s final magic trick will begin shortly
Would you pass or fail the Kinnock Test?
Berlusconi’s antics are everybody’s business
The political class is losing, not gaining, power
Labour leadership hopefuls stuck in the past
Rees-Mogg’s Brexit history lesson is bunkum
Part Four: People
Walt Disney … Defend Disney from his Mickey Mouse critics
Hillary Clinton … Hillary’s flaws have defined the US election
Clement Attlee … A review of Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee by John Bew
Chuck Berry … A political revolutionary
Ted Sorensen and JFK … Obama must learn from the real Jack Kennedy
Ayn Rand and Karl Marx … Beware zealots who lack the human touch
Gordon Brown … The problem all along, Mr Brown, was you
Millicent Fawcett … The Fawcett statue will be a true landmark
Robert McNamara … From the fog of war come three hard truths
Gary Becker … The man who won a Nobel Prize for parking
Winston Churchill … The wartime leader was a great man, but a racist nonetheless
Muhammad Ali … The boxer could sting like an extremist
John Major … They didn’t listen to him then. They are now
Nelson Mandela … Rising above victimhood
Margaret Thatcher … It wasn’t her that divided us
Margaret Thatcher … The last prime minister of the Second World War
Brian Epstein … and the triumph of capitalism
David Bowie … Rock’s great rebel owed it all to capitalism
William Hague … His two faces are the two faces of Toryism
Luciana Berger … Her exit was a distressing sight
Donald Trump … and the pastor who propelled him to the top
Theresa May … and how history will see her
Jeremy Thorpe … The extraordinary story of a fantasist
George Martin … From the Goons to the Beatles
Part Five: Pastimes
Hours not to reason why (or how I’m pushed for Times)
Football’s ridiculous. And unfair. But it’s such fun
Hamilton musical makes a Founding Father a hero of our time
Whose finger on the off switch?
Fidget in the office to beat the fat
Oscar night: can real men get red-carpet ready?
Thank you for your highly original idea …
Our sepia-tinted PMs were arrogant and remote
Part Six: Crime and the Law
Serial killers and serial errors
All that clairvoyant stuff, I don’t see it myself
J’accuse: this man must not languish in jail
These bundles of charges pose a real danger
We should all be free to choose how we die
Prosecutors don’t know how biased they are
Part Seven: My Times
It’s simple, all the new leader has to do is to win over some new voters
Tonies and Phonies
The truth behind Cameron’s victory: the triumph of the Smith Square set
No, no, no. You’ve got it all wrong. It’s Brown that’s New Labour, not Blair
The best-dressed corpse in the morgue
Tying the knot? For you, we promise £5,000
Our high inheritance taxes must go, pass it on
Israel acts because the world won’t defend it
If you don’t like voters, they won’t like you
Gay marriage – such a conservative idea
Soon it will be mainstream to say ‘leave the EU’
If we don’t cut the deficit now, when will we?
If Scots file for divorce, we’ll need a good lawyer
Labour’s hypocrisy has brought us to this crisis
Shy Tories are not really shy … or Tory
As Greece shows, threats will get you nowhere
Let’s face it, the EU rescued us from failure
Killer flaw at the heart of the Brexit campaign
If Labour split, what sort of new party would be formed?
We must stand up to the populist blackmail
This election will sweep away the old politics
True socialism always ends with the Stasi
Jeremy Corbyn’s worldview is made for anti-Semites
Boris Johnson’s tax-cut promise is sheer folly
Corbyn’s grand plan is to replace Parliament
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Publisher
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →