Keeping the Dream Alive - An Insider's Account of a Tumultuous Decade in Scottish Politics

In 2015, the landscape of British politics was changed forever - Westminster was suddenly the new workplace for dozens of freshly elected SNP members. What followed was one of the most remarkable decades in British political history. Joanna Cherry was part of this cohort, and in this explosive and revealing memoir she tells her own story of Scottish and British politics during this turbulent period .Covering everything from the party's rejection of its popular leader, Alex Salmond, to the scandals that engulfed his successor Nicola Sturgeon, Cherry also reflects on the opportunities that followed the 2015 landslide and offers remarkable insight into why the party failed to further the cause of independence despite a series of electoral victories. As well as offering an astonishing insider's view of the culture of the SNP, Keeping the Dream Alive also looks to the future and offers a clear-eyed view of how political reform in Scotland and the revival of the independence cause could take place.

About the author

Joanna Cherry KC was the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West from 2015 until 2024, representing the Scottish National Party. She held numerous prominent positions, including Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, and served as Chair of Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights from 2022 to 2024. Following her career in Westminster, she returned to the bar in 2024.

Product details

• Authors: Cherry Joanna
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 23.04.2026
• EAN: 9781837733477
• ISBN: 978-1-83773-347-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, Scotland, Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Politics & government, Politics and government, Gender studies: women and girls, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs