One Minute To Ten: Cameron, Miliband and Clegg. Three Men, One Ambition and the Price of Power - Hardcover

Hodges, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718183312 ISBN 13: 9780718183318

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2015

Synopsis

10 PM, on the 7 May. The exit poll predicting the result of the 2015 General Election is announced.

In that instant three lives are changed for ever.

David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg were three very different men, from very different backgrounds. But they shared one ambition. To lead their country.

In pursuit of their dream they were forced to make sacrifices. Of their principles. Of those they loved. Of themselves.

And right up until the final moment the exit poll was released each man clung to the hope those sacrifices had not been in vain. Then the clock struck ten.

In One Minute to Ten, Dan Hodges brings to life the most dramatic general election campaign in living memory, and tells the untold story of the three men who contested it. And in doing so reveals the price paid by those who risk everything in their quest for the ultimate political prize...

About this title

About the Author

Dan Hodges is a political commentator for the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator. He previously worked for the GMB trade union and as a Labour Party researcher at the House of Commons. He lives in south London with his wife, son, mother and cat.

From the Back Cover

People have still been coming in and out. With a rumour here: 'They say Croydon Central's looking quite good.' Or a straw in the wind there: 'It looks like things are holding up in Finchley.' But no one really has anything concrete. So slowly the conversation fades. Every now and then someone will try and lighten the mood with a joke. But everyone knows it's forced. So they all laugh a little too hard.

And while it's getting quieter each of the three men feels it. The way the tension is increasing. And the attention is gradually shifting. To them.

Of course, it's always on them. They've got used to being the most scrutinized person in every room they ever walk in to. But now people are really watching them. Because this is the moment.

From the Inside Flap

10 p.m. on the 7th May.
The exit poll predicting the result of the General Election is announced.

In that instant three lives are changed forever.

David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg were three very different men, from very different backgrounds. But they shared one ambition: to lead their country.

In pursuit of their dream they were froced to make sacrifices. Of their principles. Of those they loved. Of themselves.

And, right up until the final moment the exit poll was released, each man clung to the hope that those sacrifices had not been in vain. Then the clock struck ten.

In one minute to Ten, Dan Hodges brings to life the most dramatic general election campaign in living memory, and tells the untold story of the three men who contested it. And in so doing reveals the price paid by those who risk everything in their quest for the ultimate political prize...

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718183312
• ISBN 13: 9780718183318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384