Taken As Red - How Labour Won Big and the Tories Crashed the Party

The inside story of the most seismic election in a generation In Taken As Red acclaimed political journalist Anushka Asthana takes readers behind the scenes of the 2024 general election campaign. As the political landscape undergoes a seismic shift, this gripping account provides an unprecedented insider''s perspective on the inner workings of Keir Starmer''s Labour and Rishi Sunak''s Conservatives, and the events of this high-stakes electoral contest as it unfolded. With unparalleled access to key players and exclusive insights, it delves into the strategic decisions, campaign dynamics, and unexpected twists that defined the election. From the battle bus to the corridors of power, Asthana reveals the tireless efforts, strategic brilliance and passionate grassroots movements that coalesced to produce July''s astonishing result. Taken As Red captures the spirit of a nation at a crossroads. A must-read for anyone keen to understand what the next five years holds.

About the author

Anushka Asthana is deputy political editor at ITV News. Previously the Guardian's political editor and host of the Today in Focus podcast, she has also been senior political correspondent at Sky News, and before that chief political correspondent and columnist at The Times. Shortlisted for political journalist of the year by the Press Gazette in 2023, she can be found on X as @AnushkaAsthana.

Summary

How Labour took power and what they're doing with it 'Taken As Red stands out for its balance and the depth of its reporting' The Guardian 'Revelatory and insightful.' Tim Shipman

Product details

• Authors: Anushka Asthana
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2024
• EAN: 9780008697907
• ISBN: 978-0-00-869790-7
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 240 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st Century, Politics & government, Reportage & collected journalism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Elections & referenda, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Political parties and party platforms, c 2020 to c 2029, Elections and referenda / suffrage