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Downfall
- Author
- Nadine Dorries
- Narrator
- Lucy Price-Lewis
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 5 December 2024
- Run Time
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements, Political leaders and leadership, Political structures / systems: democracy, Central / national / federal government, Biography: historical, political and military, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Corruption in politics, government and society, Political control and freedoms, Conspiracy theories, Political science and theory
What to expect
14 YEARS
5 PRIME MINISTERS
THE PARTY IS OVER
THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
With unparalleled access to people who were in the room, Nadine outlines exactly how we got here, and what really happened, in this astonishing real-life political thriller.
After decades in the hands of malevolent players and two years of disastrous leadership, the Conservative party stands at the edge of the abyss.
From the humiliation of Liz Truss’s 49-day premiership to the shameful, self-serving drift of Rishi Sunak’s time in office, Downfall is the story of a political party on the verge of extinction.
Nadine Dorries draws on interviews – with those in the room – to expose what really went on behind the scenes. From group-sex sessions, organised via WhatsApp, to the King being stood up at the Privy Council, and the reason why Rishi Sunak left the D-Day celebrations early, the accounts are raw, unvarnished and brutal.
Everything is worse than it seems.
The next leader will hold the future of the party in their hands, and, with outside forces resisting change, the challenge will be as enormous as it will be difficult. But the painful truth is that the party deserves to be where it is – and nothing can stay the same.
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- Author
- Nadine Dorries
- Narrator
- Lucy Price-Lewis
- Duration
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 December 2024
- ISBN
- 9780008730956
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements, Political leaders and leadership, Political structures / systems: democracy, Central / national / federal government, Biography: historical, political and military, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Corruption in politics, government and society, Political control and freedoms, Conspiracy theories, Political science and theory
Synopsis
14 YEARS 5 PRIME MINISTERS THE PARTY IS OVER THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY With unparalleled access to people who were in the room, Nadine outlines exactly how we got here, and what really happened, in this astonishing real-life political thriller. After decades in the hands of malevolent players and two years of disastrous leadership, the Conservative party stands at the edge of the abyss. From the humiliation of Liz Truss’s 49-day premiership to the shameful, self-serving drift of Rishi Sunak’s time in office, Downfall is the story of a political party on the verge of extinction. Nadine Dorries draws on interviews – with those in the room – to expose what really went on behind the scenes. From group-sex sessions, organised via WhatsApp, to the King being stood up at the Privy Council, and the reason why Rishi Sunak left the D-Day celebrations early, the accounts are raw, unvarnished and brutal. Everything is worse than it seems. The next leader will hold the future of the party in their hands, and, with outside forces resisting change, the challenge will be as enormous as it will be difficult. But the painful truth is that the party deserves to be where it is – and nothing can stay the same.
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