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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The role of Prime Minister demands a rare combination of qualities.
Chapter 3: British prime ministers are often mischaracterized by the media, creating false and lasting public impressions.
Chapter 4: Harold Wilson was a shrewd political operator.
Chapter 5: Margaret Thatcher was a dynamic figure who tore up the status quo in her party and the British economy.
Chapter 6: John Major was a very different kind of Tory who, like future Conservative prime ministers, was undone by the European question.
Chapter 7: Tony Blair became the modernizing force within the Labour Party.
Chapter 8: David Cameron was an overconfident and underprepared prime minister.
Chapter 9: Theresa May was an inflexible prime minister, unable to respond to events or read the electorate’s mood.
Description
The Prime Ministers (2019) looks back on nine British prime ministers, from Harold Wilson to Theresa May. Taking in different political eras – from Thatcher’s booming eighties to the troubled post-Brexit landscape of Theresa May – Steve Richards considers the particular leadership qualities of these figures, judging their merits and defects at crucial junctures in their careers.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone following the current political crisis in the UK
- Those interested in British political history
- Would-be leaders looking to learn from past mistakes and triumphs