How to be a politician : 2000 years of good (and bad) advice / Vince Cable.
By: Cable, Vincent [author.]
.Publisher: London : Ebury Press, 2022Description: xvii, 254 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781529149654.Subject(s): Politics, Practical -- Quotations, maxims, etc | Politicians -- Quotations, maxims, etc | Politicians -- Great Britain -- Humor | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Wit and humorDDC classification: 808 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 808 CAB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Issued | 15/01/2024 | 021937 |
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| 800 WAL The Oxford Union : | 802.703 BRI British reform writers : 1789-1832 / | 804 SAM Viscount Samuel's book of quotations. | 808 CAB How to be a politician : 2000 years of good (and bad) advice / | 808 LEI You talkin' to me? : rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama / | 808.02 PIN The sense of style : | 808.027 DRE Dreyer's English : |
Introduction : why, what and how -- Early promise -- Choosing a side -- Running for office -- Getting started -- The greasy pole -- Government and power -- Leadership -- The world stage -- Fighting off criticism -- Mistakes and surviving them -- Failure, decline, defeat and escape -- Retirement.
"Structured to follow the arc of a life in politics - from childhood aspirations and first attempts at getting elected, to navigating the back benches, ascending the greasy pole, dealing with detractors, facing crises, and finally escaping - this unique collection weaves together the wittiest, wisest and most acerbic political quotations from the last 2,000 years. Punctuated throughout by candid insights from Sir Vince Cable, 'How to be a politician' is a timeless and entertaining education in the dark arts of politics."-- Taken from publishers' website.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/450873/how-to-be-a-politician-by-cable-vince/9781529149654