Unleashed
Johnson, Boris2024
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Boris Johnson has always been larger than life. Controversial, untrammelled by the normal rules of politics, his route to becoming Britain's prime minister included a landmark career as a journalist, two terms as London's mayor, leading the Vote Leave Brexit campaign and acting as foreign secretary. He won the largest Tory majority since 1987 when he went to the polls in December 2019 for a mandate to 'Get Brexit Done' - only to have his administration hit by the global Covid pandemic and toppled in a Tory putsch. 'Unleashed' is his account of his time in politics. Written in his inimitable style, it is the story of the fifteen years since he trounced Ken Livingstone at the polls to become mayor of London. Riots, tackling knife crime, bikes, buses, the London Olympics, and so much more. He writes about his role in Brexit, takes readers through all the big decisions and his reasons for taking them, and describes how he nearly died from Covid. Underlying everything in the book is his view that the UK is an extraordinary country and should have an exceptional future. These are the reflections of a political leader who believes fundamentally in levelling up - that there are millions of people in Britain who do not have the present they need or the future they deserve, and that it is the first job of politicians to put this right.
Main title:
Unleashed / Boris Johnson.
Author:
Johnson, Boris, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2024.
Collation:
772 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008618209 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
941.085092920 JOHNB/JOHN941.085 JOHN920 JOHJOHB JOH JOHB JOHB920B-Joh-Joh941.085092 JOH941.085
Language:
English
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BRN:
2848604
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