Publisher description: Slade Gorton's half century in politics began in 1956. Together with Dan Evans and Joel Pritchard, he was a key player in generating a ne

Leading experts assess the past fifty years of British political life. Retreat from empire to Europe, with all the adjustments this entailed, is explored, as is

Elections ask voters to choose between political parties. But voters across the UK are increasingly being presented with fundamentally different, and largely di

The British system has been radically transformed in recent decades, far more than most of us realise. As acclaimed political scientist and bestselling author A

Asks how and why anti-political sentiment has grown among British citizens over the last half-century.