When baffled by the halls of power of a party that has been in both opposition and government, Get In offers answers to many burning questions as well as raising more. This book doesn’t just tell a story, it takes you on the journey of the Labour Party; from opposition after the worst election result since 1935 to power a mere one term later, with the best result since Tony Blair’s landslide in 1997.
It starts in 2019: A man named Morgan McSweeney begins his plot to change Britain’s largest political party and take it from official opposition to government. With him, an MP and shadow minister is plotting to do the same, through leadership of the party: Keir Starmer. Together, they set out on a path of internal change and national victory, completely against the odds, as fate appears to conspire against them. But how do you go from Jeremy Corbyn’s hard left to Keir Starmer’s centrism? How do you go from crushing defeats and unpopularity to the heights of victory in just five years? These are questions that journalists Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund have sought to answer.
Authors of the book Left Out: The Inside Story Of Labour Under Corbyn, Patrick and Gabriel have taken up their pens again to reveal both unsurprising truths and shocking twists about the Labour Party and its journey to power under Keir Starmer. If you were under any illusions that Starmer dictated all the terms, you’d better think again.
This astonishing tale is one of a man who strives to be party leader and Prime Minister despite not liking politics and barely revealing his beliefs, telling of internal rivalries among public allies and the power wielded by the unlikeliest of people. It’s as if the halls of political power are one big drama that should be playing out on our screens instead of in our government offices. The twists and turns this story takes are worthy of a fictional thriller by great authors.
If you like politics, are interested in the inner workings of political parties and revel in the revelations that those with the power aim to keep quiet, then Get In: The Inside Story Of Labour Under Starmer is for you. It’s gripping, fast paced and gives you everything you could want from a political book, from lessons in how things work, to scoops, to gossip that not even the water cooler is privy to. In this book we learn the truth about the people in government: their personalities, their intentions and their faces behind the public mask. Moreover, we learn their capabilities and competence, or lack thereof, as Maguire and Pogrund expose the decisions made behind closed doors – decisions that have not just shaped the future of the Labour Party, but the future of the United Kingdom.
Words by James Jobson
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