The Death of Consensus - 100 years of British Political Nightmares, Phil Tinline

The Death of Consensus - 100 years of British Political Nightmares, Phil TinlineNew Paperback Over Britains first century of mass democracy, politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. How does this history of political agony illuminate our current age of upheaval? To find out, journalist Phil Tinline takes us back to two past eras when the ruling consensus broke down, and the future filled with ominous possibilities until, finally, a new settlement was born. How did the Great Depressions spectres of fascism, bombing and mass

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