Publication Date: 12/10/2023 ISBN: 9780008622060 Category:

Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors

Matt Chorley

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 12/10/2023 ISBN: 9780008622060 Category:
Hardback

£25.00

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”F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts – moreish and fabulously salty’ 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 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.

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 Matt’s insider-knowledge, smart analysis and detailed research with his background in comedy to create an hilarious history of how politics actually happens.

Publisher Review

EARLY PRAISE FOR PLANES, TRAINS AND TOILET DOORS 'F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts - moreish and fabulously salty' JOE LYCETT 'Matt Chorley never fails to look at politics from a different perspective and to make it fun. This book is a rollicking ride through the turning points of the last two hundred years, including many we will never forget and others that some of us wish we could' WILLIAM HAGUE Revealing, touching and very funny, Matt Chorley's delightful romp through the rooms where it happened (and the restaurants, museums and beach huts too) is packed full of insight, detail and momentous political stories' ED BALLS 'Matt Chorley has the ability to burst the bubble of politicians' pomposity and show them in all their hilarious ridiculousness. Always acutely observed and completely on point - and loads of belly laughs' LORRAINE KELLY

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