The Pact : The Inside Story of the Lib–Lab Government, 1977-1978 EPUB
by Alistair Michie, Simon Hoggart
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In 1977 Prime Minister James Callaghan and Liberal leader David Steel struck a constitutional deal, by which the Labour government could survive a vote of no confidence and get its business through Parliament, while the Liberals gained access to the anterooms of power. The Pact, a contemporaneous account of the hatching and workings of the 'Lib-Lab' deal of 1977-8, is an invaluable time-capsule of British politics but also a pointer to its future.
Coalition government has oft been scorned in Britain, since - as Alistair Michie and Simon Hoggart note - the main parties regard their opponents chiefly as 'targets off which points may be scored'.
But hung parliaments and inter-party deals, as revived in May of 2010, may be back to stay. This new edition of The Pact, in memory of its co-author Simon Hoggart (1946-2014), includes new prefaces by David Steel, Roy Hattersley, and the journalist Stephen Bush.
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- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:12/03/2015
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- ISBN:9780571324996
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:12/03/2015
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- ISBN:9780571324996