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Peter Riddell Articles

The Too Difficult Box: The Big Issues Politicians Can’t Crack

Charles Clarke is one of the wasted talents of British politics – his ministerial career was cut off too soon in 2006. Never easily classifiable in any Labour faction, he has always been a stimulating thinker and writer about politics, and particularly the problems of...
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Nick Clegg: The Biography

Nick Clegg is a more formidable politician than his critics allege but a more flawed one than Chris Bowers portrays in this uneven apologia. Clegg has, after all, achieved what his predecessors – notably David Steel and Paddy Ashdown – sought and failed to achieve:...
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The Prime Ministers Who Never Were

‘What if’ books have proliferated in the last few years as an entertaining diversion for those tired of ‘stab and tell’ political memoirs. They are a useful corrective to an over-determinist view of political history: circumstances, contingencies and personalities do matter.

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Where the power lies

The respected chief political commentator of The Times reviews former spin doctor Lance Price’s book ‘Where the Power Lies – Prime Ministers v The Media’, and enjoys its thoughtful balance on the role of the press.

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