{"product_id":"landslide-the-inside-story-of-the-2024-election","title":"Landslide: The Inside Story of the 2024 Election","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 22 May 2024, Rishi Sunak stood outside 10 Downing\nStreet and announced an early election, in an attempt to catch his opponents by\nsurprise. Just minutes later, Tory hearts sank, with images of the Prime\nMinister soaking in the rain instantly defining his hapless campaign. The next\nsix weeks delivered more mistakes, a betting scandal, apocalyptic Tory polls,\nbitter backroom arguments and finally the worst result in the Conservative\nParty's 190-year history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeir Starmer's Labour, meanwhile, stormed to victory with\none of the biggest landslides on record after fourteen years in the wilderness.\nBut the party won with its fewest votes in almost a decade, raising questions\nabout how popular Starmer really was. Scotland's voters abandoned the SNP, Ed\nDavey's Lib Dems surged to their best election ever and Nigel Farage once again\nblew up the Conservative Party's plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis gripping account by seasoned Westminster journalists\nTim Ross and Rachel Wearmouth tells the full inside story of the key tactics\nand powerful forces that delivered the most seismic upheaval in a generation.\nWhat role did Starmer's character play in his party's success? How did Labour's\nelection machine engineer such a devastatingly efficient vote? Was there anything\nSunak could have done to avert disaster? What does it all mean for the future of\nBritain?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending exclusive interviews and explosive accounts from\nkey players, \u003ci\u003eLandslide \u003c\/i\u003esets out to answer these questions and more,\nrevealing a dramatic and sometimes disturbing picture of British politics at a\nturbulent time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 384 pages | Published November 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biteback Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63956808565085,"sku":"9781785909474","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781785909474.jpg?v=1774263770","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/landslide-the-inside-story-of-the-2024-election","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}