Being Prime Minister

Being Prime Minister

Author: J.D.M. Stewart

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2018-06-16

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1459738497

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Being Prime Minister sheds light on the lives of prime ministers as ordinary people, examining them through a variety of experiences most Canadians share.


Prime Minister Boris

Prime Minister Boris

Author: Duncan Brack

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2011-10-06

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1849542457

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History resting on a hair's breadth ... a man dies rather than lives, an election is lost rather than won, one minister is appointed, another dismissed, a coalition is joined, or not. Enter a world of political counterfactuals, twenty-two examinations of things that never happened - but could have. In this book a collection of distinguished commentators, including journalists, academics, former MPs and special advisers, consider how things might have turned out differently throughout a century of political history - from Lloyd George and Keynes drowning at sea in 1916 right through to Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister in 2016. Scholarly analyses of possibilities and causalities take their place beside fictional accounts of alternate political histories - and all are guaranteed to entertain and make you think.


The Accidental Prime Minister

The Accidental Prime Minister

Author: Tom McLaughlin

Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children

Published: 2015-04-02

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0192737775

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When Joe tells a local news reporter exactly what he would do if he were leader of the country, the video goes viral and Joe's speech becomes famous all over the world! Before long, people are calling for the current leader to resign and give someone else a go . . . and that's how an ordinary boy like Joe ended up with the most extraordinary job. Now the fun can really start . . . Hats for cats! Pet pigs for all! Banana shaped buses! Swimming pools on trains! A hilarious story of one boy's meteoric rise to power!


How to Be Prime Minister

How to Be Prime Minister

Author: Adam Hibbert

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780199107971

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Another "How To" guide, part of the successful series that tells children everything they need to know about the hottest topics in the world today. Being Prime Minister is probably the top job in the country. It's also one of the most stressful and least popular jobs on the planet. British democracy has evolved over almost 1000 years, and has ended up a bit complicated. How to Be Prime Minister explains how it all fits together, who does what,and how a to go about plotting your glorious career! Published in the run-up to the General Election, it will help children to find out what Government is and what it does; what it's like inside 10 Downing Street; how to get a law passed; and what weird things go on in the Houses of Parliament. Adam Hibbert is a journalist and children's writer. His books are on topics from spacecraft to insects, and he writes regularly for the Radio Times, New Statesman and LM Magazine.


Madam Prime Minister

Madam Prime Minister

Author: Gro Harlem Brundtland

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2005-06-15

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 1466808330

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One of the world's leading woman politicians tells her inspiring story At forty-one, Gro Harlem Brundtland, physician and mother of four, was appointed prime minister of Norway-the youngest person and the first woman ever to hold that office. In this refreshingly forthright memoir, Brundtland traces her unusual and meteoric career. She grew up with strong role models-her parents were active in the Norwegian resistance and involved in postwar politics. She became known as a pro-choice crusader in the seventies and entered politics as the minister of the environment. She appointed eight women to her second eighteen-member cabinet, to this day a world record, and was the leading figure in the process that led to the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As director-general of the World Health Organization since 1997, Brundtland is the first woman elected to run a major UN institution. Along the way, she met a host of international politicians, including Margaret Thatcher-who did not share Brundtland's view on feminism-Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela, Ronald Reagan, and Hillary Clinton. Brundtland writes candidly and with humor about raising children in the political limelight and about dealing with political opposition and stereotypes about women. Hers is a fascinating story of one person's ability to make a difference-globally.


The Impossible Office?

The Impossible Office?

Author: Anthony Seldon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-03-14

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 1009429779

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Over 300 years, fifty-seven individuals have held the office of British Prime Minister - who have been the best and worst?


What Is Stephen Harper Reading?

What Is Stephen Harper Reading?

Author: Yann Martel

Publisher: Vintage Canada

Published: 2009-11-03

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0307398684

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“I know you’re very busy, Mr. Harper. We’re all busy. But every person has a space next to where they sleep, whether a patch of pavement or a fine bedside table. In that space, at night, a book can glow. And in those moments of docile wakefulness, when we begin to let go of the day, then is the perfect time to pick up a book and be someone else, somewhere else, for a few minutes, a few pages, before we fall asleep.” From the author of Life of Pi comes a literary correspondence—recommendations to Canada’s Prime Minister of great short books that will inspire and delight book lovers and book club readers across our nation. Every two weeks since April 16th, 2007, Yann Martel has mailed Stephen Harper a book along with a letter. These insightful, provocative letters detailing what he hopes the Prime Minister may take from the books—by such writers as Jane Austen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Stephen Galloway—are collected here together. The one-sided correspondence (Mr. Harper’s office has only replied once) becomes a meditation on reading and writing and the necessity to allow ourselves to expand stillness in our lives, even if we’re not head of government.


The Prime Ministers We Never Had

The Prime Ministers We Never Had

Author: Steve Richards

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Published: 2021-09-02

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1838952438

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BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect Was Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Healey? Was John Major more 'prime ministerial' than Michael Heseltine? Would David Miliband have become prime minister if it were not for his brother Ed? Would Ed have become prime minister if it were not for David? How close did Jeremy Corbyn come to being prime minister? In this piercing and original study, journalist and commentator Steve Richards looks at eleven prime ministers we never had, examining what made each of these illustrious figures unique and why they failed to make the final leap to the very top. Combining astute insights into the demands of leadership with compelling historical analysis, this fascinating exploration of failure and success sheds new light on some of the most compelling characters in British public life.


Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson

Author: Andrew S. Crines

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2016-03-11

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1785900587

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This year marks the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, the fiftieth anniversary of his most impressive general election victory and forty years since his dramatic resignation as Prime Minister. He was one of the longest-serving premiers of the twentieth century, having won a staggering four general elections, yet, despite this monumental record, his place in Labour's history remains somewhat ambiguous. By the end of his two periods in power, both the left and right of the party were highly critical of Wilson - the former regarding him as a traitor to socialism, the latter as contributing directly to British decline. With contributions from leading experts in the fields of political study, and from Wilson's own contemporaries, this remarkable new study offers a timely and wide-ranging reappraisal of one of the giants of twentieth-century politics, examining the context within which he operated, his approach to leadership and responses to changing social and economic norms, the successes and failure of his policies, and how he was viewed by peers from across the political spectrum. Finally, it examines the overall impact of Harold Wilson on the development of British politics.


The Accidental Prime Minister

The Accidental Prime Minister

Author: Sanjaya Baru

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-07-05

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9351186385

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When The Accidental Prime Minister was published in 2014, it created a storm and became the publishing sensation of the year. The Prime Minister’s Office called the book a work of ‘fiction’, the press hailed it as a revelatory account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first term in UPA. Written by Singh’s media adviser and trusted aide, the book describes Singh’s often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi and how he handled the big crises from managing the Left to pushing through the nuclear deal. Insightful, acute and packed with political anecdotes, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life.