Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors
ââF *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts â moreish and fabulously saltyâ JOE LYCETT
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Forget Westminster bust-ups and PMQs, some of the key events that have shaped modern British politics happened not in the cloisters of parliament or Downing Streetâs many corridors of power, but in car parks, village halls and seaside resorts where the mundane have played host to the mighty. From Pitt the Youngerâs Putney Heath duel to finding Margaret Thatcher a voice coach on a train, Harold Wilsonâs âScillyâ season holidays to John Majorâs dental appointment clearing his path to No10 â these (and many more) are the places where chance meetings, untimely deaths and snap, sometimes daft, decisions changed the course of politics.
Matt Chorley has spent almost two decades covering Westminster, interviewing prime ministers, mocking ministers and chronicling the serious, and sometimes unintentionally absurd, events which act as unlikely turning points in the direction of a nation. Illustrated by award-winning political cartoonist Morten Morland, Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors combines Mattâs insider-knowledge, smart analysis and detailed research with his background in comedy to create an hilarious history of how politics actually happens.
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Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors
ââF *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts â moreish and fabulously saltyâ JOE LYCETT
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Forget Westminster bust-ups and PMQs, some of the key events that have shaped modern British politics happened not in the cloisters of parliament or Downing Streetâs many corridors of power, but in car parks, village halls and seaside resorts where the mundane have played host to the mighty. From Pitt the Youngerâs Putney Heath duel to finding Margaret Thatcher a voice coach on a train, Harold Wilsonâs âScillyâ season holidays to John Majorâs dental appointment clearing his path to No10 â these (and many more) are the places where chance meetings, untimely deaths and snap, sometimes daft, decisions changed the course of politics.
Matt Chorley has spent almost two decades covering Westminster, interviewing prime ministers, mocking ministers and chronicling the serious, and sometimes unintentionally absurd, events which act as unlikely turning points in the direction of a nation. Illustrated by award-winning political cartoonist Morten Morland, Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors combines Mattâs insider-knowledge, smart analysis and detailed research with his background in comedy to create an hilarious history of how politics actually happens.
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ââF *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts â moreish and fabulously saltyâ JOE LYCETT
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Forget Westminster bust-ups and PMQs, some of the key events that have shaped modern British politics happened not in the cloisters of parliament or Downing Streetâs many corridors of power, but in car parks, village halls and seaside resorts where the mundane have played host to the mighty. From Pitt the Youngerâs Putney Heath duel to finding Margaret Thatcher a voice coach on a train, Harold Wilsonâs âScillyâ season holidays to John Majorâs dental appointment clearing his path to No10 â these (and many more) are the places where chance meetings, untimely deaths and snap, sometimes daft, decisions changed the course of politics.
Matt Chorley has spent almost two decades covering Westminster, interviewing prime ministers, mocking ministers and chronicling the serious, and sometimes unintentionally absurd, events which act as unlikely turning points in the direction of a nation. Illustrated by award-winning political cartoonist Morten Morland, Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors combines Mattâs insider-knowledge, smart analysis and detailed research with his background in comedy to create an hilarious history of how politics actually happens.
