{"product_id":"planes-trains-and-toilet-doors-50-places-that-changed-british-politics-hardcover","title":"Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors: 50 Places That Changed British Politics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Chorley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003e'F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts - moreish and fabulously salty' JOE LYCETT \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTIMES \u003c\/em\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForget 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 Street's 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 Younger's Putney Heath duel to finding Margaret Thatcher a voice coach on a train, Harold Wilson's 'Scilly' season holidays to John Major's dental appointment clearing his path to No10 - these (and many more) are the places where chance meetings, untimely deaths and snap, sometimes daft, decisions changed the course of politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt 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, \u003cem\u003e Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors\u003c\/em\u003e combines Matt's insider-knowledge, smart analysis and detailed research with his background in comedy to create an hilarious history of how politics actually happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt Chorley has been a Westminster-based political journalist since 2005, when politics was boring, and it has gradually got madder as he worked his way through the Press Association, \u003cem\u003eWestern Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMailOnline\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, where he now a columnist. Since 2020, he has presented the mid-morning show on Times Radio. A sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005 led to a small 14-year break from comedy before his debut stand-up This. Is. Not. Normal. in 2019, during which somebody called an election. His second tour, Who Is In Charge Here?, only had to deal with a war and the collapse of the government. The publication of \u003cem\u003ePlanes, Trains and Toilet Doors \u003c\/em\u003ewill coincide with his third tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 8.93 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755355734304,"sku":"9780008622060","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/23ff0575e974d334975fd0357b178a08.webp?v=1780056644","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/planes-trains-and-toilet-doors-50-places-that-changed-british-politics-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}