Why did Margaret Thatcher fall? How did her successor win the Tory crown, and with it the coveted position of Prime Minister? What will the new leadership mean for the Tory Party? This book explores these questions and the author attempts to discover the reasons behind the sudden fall of one of Britain's longest serving 20th century Prime Ministers and assesses the legacy bequeathed to her successor. Present day intrigues and uncertainties are placed into the longer perspective of Tory beliefs and the record of Tory leaders, since the days of Robert Peel, more than a century and a half ago.

The power brokers: The Tory Party and its leaders

Politics & Social Sciences

Shepherd, Robert

Politics & Government

Hutchinson

Iain Macleod

Biographies & Memoirs

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Drawing on diaries, memoirs, press reports, speeches, Cabinet papers and interviews with participants, this book gives a detailed account of the personal and political struggles of the appeasement years in Britain, focusing on the social and political division of the country over the question of how to respond to Hitler's challenge. The reader is taken into the House of Commons, Downing Street, Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, the BBC, Fleet Street, Transport House, the TUC, embassies, clubs and private houses to be given an overview of what Harold Nicolson described as "one of the most disastrous episodes in our history". A former Parliamentary lobby correspondent, Robert Shepherd has worked in the Conversative Research Department and produced Channel 4's "A Week in Politics".

A Class Divided: Appeasement and the Road to Munich, 1938

Macmillan Pub. Co.

The Cockroft report on the teaching of mathematics in schools states that 'there has been a decrease in the use of Mental Maths in recent years and we believe that this trend should be reversed'. This mental maths scheme gives useful practice in applying basic mathematical skills. It includes the four rules, place value, the many topics which occur in the school year, and problem solving. To maintain interest, there are interspersed among the Task pages some attractive and appealing visual pages which provide mental stimulation. The scheme is suitable for 7 to 12 year olds and aims to improve their efficiency and confidence in mathematics.

Think and Solve Level 4: Mental Maths

Children's Books

Clarke, Harold

Education & Reference

Cambridge University Press

Mathematics for Caribbean Primary Schools

In 1968, Enoch Powell's sensational comments about race - known as his "rivers of blood" speech - provoked a very strong public reaction and he became one of the most controversial politicians of his age. This biography of Powell places him in a political, philosophical and emotional perspective.

Enoch Powell

Pimblico, 1997

Iain MacLeod

'That terrible place' was the chilling description given to the small plot of land that we now call Westminster. Physically, the place has changed beyond all recognition since a twelfth-century monk created this awesome image in a faked Anglo-Saxon charter. Image making and intrigue have characterised Westminster since it became Edward the Confessor's political and spiritual capital. A thousand years later, Westminster remains the centre of power and royal ceremony. The Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, Horse Guards, the Cenotaph and Whitehall are recognized around the world. Behind these global icons is the story of a very political village. Historic conflicts between church and state, monarchy and parliament, conservatives and radicals, politicians and the press are etched into its fabric. Stately pomp and sudden violence have co-existed from the start - banquets and bombs, coronations and coups, fanfares and fires, processions and plots, regalia and riots. In many ways, this story is a microcosm of the history of Britain.

Westminster: A Biography: From Earliest Times to the Present

History

Europe

Bloomsbury Academic

Beyond Illiberalism (Routledge Studies in Political Sociology)

Anthropology

Routledge

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