MPs' expenses in 2009. Phone hacking in 2011. ?Plebgate' in 2012. If a good speech or a ground-breaking new policy fails to get people talking, you can be sure a juicy scandal will do the trick. Our instantaneous news culture of social networks,...
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Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen, Bibliothek Nürtingen
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MPs' expenses in 2009. Phone hacking in 2011. ?Plebgate' in 2012. If a good speech or a ground-breaking new policy fails to get people talking, you can be sure a juicy scandal will do the trick. Our instantaneous news culture of social networks, blogs and Twitter feeds means politicians now, more than ever, can find themselves the focus of every journalist in the country in what seems like the blink of an eye. But behind this hostile media landscape, behind the storm of camera flashes and the clamour of opponents on all sides baying for blood, are the politicians themselves. With the benefit o
Cover; Title Page; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: ANDREW MITCHELL'S HEARTBREAK; CHAPTER 2: LIAM FOX HUNTED DOWN; CHAPTER 3: CHRIS HUHNE ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE; CHAPTER 4: VINCE CABLE GOES TO WAR; CHAPTER 5: JEREMY HUNT LOSES CONTROL; CHAPTER 6: CHARLES CLARKE FROM HERO TO ZERO IN UNDER A YEAR; CHAPTER 7: JACQUI SMITH ON THE HOME FRONT; CHAPTER 8: BACKBENCHERS FEEL THE PRESSURE; CHAPTER 9: WILLIAM HAGUE'S FOUR-YEAR ORDEAL; CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSION; INDEX; A, B, C; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright; Advertisement