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Politipedia : a compendium of useful and curious facts about British politics

Author: Nick Inman
Publisher: Petersfield : Harriman House, 2007.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The ultimate quirky reference work for voters, students and those in the Westminster village. The book is ideal for anyone looking to discover where their vote (and money!) actually go, or for those looking for quotes and fascinating titbits.
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Genre/Form: Trivia and miscellanea
Miscellanea
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nick Inman
ISBN: 9781905641338 1905641338
OCLC Number: 166356399
Description: xii, 362 pages ; 19 cm
Contents: Animalism Backbench revolts - BBC objectivity - British Empire - Budget on the back of an envelope - Business scandals Cabinet composition - Cabinet secretaries - Catchphrases - Civil servants - Clichees - Coalitions - Constitution Debates - Defectors - Desert Island Discs - Diaries - Dictatorial definitions - Diplomatic definitions - Discipline in the House of Commons - Downing Street - Dystopias Election milestones - Eurolovableness Fault lines - Fictional politics - Free speech Governnment - how to change it - Great Britons Hansard - Heirs apparent Influential but unelected - Insults - Interviews: saying nowt Left and right spectrum - Lords - Lost deposits Marxist pin-ups - Middle England - Monarchy Newspeak and doublethink - Nicknames Pilgrimages - Prime ministers - Political correctness - Postmodern politics - Predictions - Progress and the lack of it - Psephological shockers - Public sector Quangos and gocos Reith and Dimbleby Secretaries - Shakespeare's politics - Slogans - Speaking about speaking - Spies - Stabs in the front - Strikes - Sun headlines - Systems of government Thatcherism - Theory - Think tanks - Today Programme - Truth - Tumbril remarks - Turning points Unparliamentary language - Utopias Westminster restaurants and bars - Who runs Britain - Women in Parliament X- Factor: making your vote count Yes, Minister Zoo and lots more!
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