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About the Book

Drinking has oiled the cogs of politics for as long as there have been politicians. Britain's first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, smuggled wine up the Thames with the help of the Navy. Three centuries later Tony Blair confessed that a stiff drink and half a bottle of wine a night had become his crutch while in office. Joseph Stalin flushed out traitors with vodka. The disintegration of Richard Nixon and Boris Yeltsin was largely down to drink. Winston Churchill was infamous for his drinking, often taking a whisky and soda first thing in the morning, and champagne ritually with dinner.
But why did these politicians drink and what was their tipple of choice? How did drinking help shape the decisions they made? Ben Wright, political correspondent for the BBC, explores the social history of alcohol within politics, from the debauched drinking practices of eighteenth century ministers up to the current day, often based on his own experiences supping in Westminster bars and sharing bottles of wine over long lunches.
With exclusive interviews and in-depth research, Order, Order! uses alcohol as a lens through which to meet a remarkable cast of politicians, to understand their times and discover what drove them to drink.

About the Author :
Ben Wright has been a Political Correspondent for the BBC since 2008. After two years leading the political coverage for BBC Breakfast and the One O'Clock News, Ben became the Chief Political Correspondent for Radio 4 in 2012, appearing daily on the Today Programme, World at One and PM. He has covered a general election, budgets, Presidential visits, Prime Ministerial trips and an expenses scandal.

Review :

'Like being the only sober guest at an uproarious party' Sunday Times

'A thoroughly enjoyable, comprehensive book' Harry Mount, Times Literary Supplement

'An entertaining history of political drinking' The Times

'Fast-paced and witty... unputdownable' The Lady

'A corker... the dourest of Scots felt obliged to pretend to be a beer drinker, but harboured a private penchant for champagne, and could knock back a glass in one great gulp' Telegraph

'An entertaining book... often funny, though not without sombre appraisals of many curtailed careers and damaged lives' Prospect

'A fascinating account of politics and drink... informative and entertaining' Alistair Campbell

'A breezy, anecdote-rich and instructive survey of booze and politics' The National

'Well researched and breezily told, Wright's book is an enjoyable romp' New Criterion

'Alcohol has always lubricated political life... [Order, Order!] is about the British experience with examples of careers enhanced and destroyed by booze' Keith Simpson MP's Summer Reading List, Total Politics


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780715650639
  • Publisher: Duckworth Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Duckworth
  • Height: 223 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Width: 149 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0715650637
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jun 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Rise and Fall of Political Drinking


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