A critique of Mrs. Thatcher's 1988 address to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. 74 pages.

A pamphlet on the last 70 years of Irish history, providing political argument and an account of the troubled history of Anglo-Irish relations. This award-winning journalist has also written "The Politics of Harold Wilson", "The Rise of Enoch Powell" and "Why You Should be a Socialist".

43p paperback, a fresh and clean copy, signed by the author, excellent condition, this copy published in the year 1989 in the series entitled Chatto Counterblasts

Using the method and approach of an anthropologist, Marina Warner describes the tribal behaviour of the new savages - British adults in the late Eighties - and the declining role played by children in this new society.

s/t: A Plea on Behalf of Hong Kong The author argues that Britain has neglected its moral responsibility towards Hong Kong at a time when a constructive policy is badly needed. He argues that the government should undertake to grant Hong Kong's 3 million UK passport holders "right of abode" in Britain or that it should establish a real democracy in Hong Kong (with a Bill of Rights and a proper constitution) that will last beyond 1997, the year when the UK hands over Hong Kong to the Chinese. William Shawcross is the author of "Sideshow" and "The Shah's Last Ride".

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This is an indictment of government education policy presenting an alternative strategy for maintaining Britain's universities. Dame Warnock, Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, provides an informed critique of current DES/Government orthodoxy, that is, the insistence on both higher standards and greater economic efficiency and contends that Britain's higher education system will be eroded if universities are made to run themselves like commercial companies. She speaks out against cuts in government subsidies to university research work and is in favour of nourishing "intellectual free enterprise". The author also wrote " What Must we Teach?", "Education - A Way Forward" and "A Common Policy For Education".

Lamenting the decline in all crucial welfare services during ten years of Thatcher rule, the author warns that this dream may fast becoming a Conservative nightmare. Townsend's anecdotes are a highly personal testimony to the Welfare State and the principles which underlie the concept of "welfare". Contains: Introduction—The Quick Birth—What Katie Does—Tales Out of School — 1975: Gary, Daz and Craig—Taking The Bottles Back—Monitoring the Heart—Community Care—The Fiddler on the Train” — The Paupers’ Funerals—Mr Smith’s privatised penis

'Why, when the subject of royalty or monarchy is mentioned, do the British bid adieu to every vestige of proportion, modesty, humour and restraint? ' This is not a call for the monarchy’s abolition by fiat; illusions cannot be abolished. This is an invitation to think. In this scathing essay, Christopher Hitchens looks at the relationship of the press and the public to the royal family, unpacking the tautology and contradictory arguments that prop it up. In his inimitable style, Hitchens argues that our desire not to profane or disturb the monarchy is a failure of reason and a confusion of reality. Fealty to the magic of monarchy stops us looking objectively at our own history and hinders open-minded criticism of our present. It is time we outgrew it. With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee upon us, during a time of recession, high unemployment and national debt, Hitchens’ 10,000-word critique is even more relevant today than when it was first published in 1990. Part of the Brain Shots series, the pre-eminent source for high quality, short-form digital non-fiction. 'Christopher is one of the most terrifying rhetoricians that the world has yet seen.' Martin Amis