EPISODE · Oct 12, 2023 · 7H 49M
Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors: 50 Places That Changed British Politics [Written by Matt Chorley]
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors: 50 Places That Changed British Politics Author: Matt Chorley Narrator: Matt Chorley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: ‘’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 Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors is an entertaining and original romp through the highs and lows of British political history and the unlikely locations that have decided our national fate. 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.
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