5 Days to Power: The Journey to Coalition Britain - Softcover

Rob Wilson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849540810 ISBN 13: 9781849540810

Publisher: Biteback, 2010

Synopsis

With unique access to key figures involved from all three political parties Rob Wilson MP tells the story of the coalition talks in a manner and depth in which it has not been told before. In 5 Days to Power Rob Wilson sheds further light and answers questions to which the negotiators themselves would have dearly loved to know the answers, including: Which concessions were genuinely necessary to persuade the other party to agree to a full coalition? What, in fact, was Labour offering in their desperate bid to stay in power? Could they have delivered it in any case? What was said in the one-to-one meetings between the Party leaders? Why did the Conservatives decide to offer a referendum on the Alternative Vote? When was the Liberal Democrat decision to do the deal with the Conservatives actually taken? 5 Days To Power gives the first full account of the negotiations that led to the political earthquake of a Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government.

About this title

Review:

`Laws offers fresh insights in a gripping narrative. Wilson, then a Tory whip, provides a balanced and revealing instant history'.
--Peter Riddell, TLS

About the Author:

Rob Wilson is the Conservative MP for Reading East. He is a former Conservative Party whip and Shadow Minister for Higher Education and is currently PPS to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt MP.

About this edition

• Publisher: Biteback
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849540810
• ISBN 13: 9781849540810
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304