Publisher's Synopsis
This book of open letters was published in 1990 in the final year of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, ahead of the 1992 General Election which John Major would go on to win against Neil Kinnock: by ministers and statesmen, MPs and government advisors, writers, campaigners and environmentalists. Sometimes scatching, often witty or withering, all these letters are challenging, well informed and highly relevant. They give vividly sharp insights into the thinking of government and opposition on the policies which will make or break the Prime Minister at the next election. This is both a timely collection of urgent political letters with a wide appeal as well as a book of great literary merit and distinction. The letter are by Leo Abse, Brian Aldiss, Lisa Appignanesi, David Astor, Kenneth Baker, Peter Barnes, Stan Barstow, Michael Blackburn, Tessa Blackstone, David Blunkett, John Calder, Ann Clwyd, David Constantine, Tam Dalyell, Paul Davies, Brenda Dean, Margaret Drabble, Daniel Easterman, Lucy Ellmann, Hans Eysenck, Penelope Fitzgerald, Bryan Gould, Peter Hain, Denis Healey, Ted Hughes, H.R.F. Keating, Bruce Kent, David Icke, Sheila Kitzinger, Doris Lessing, Peter Levi, John Lister, Henry Livings, Ken Loach, Christopher Logue, Norris McWhirter, Richard Mabey, John May, Julian Mitchell, Jan Morris, Paul Ostreicher, Fintan O'Toole, Ian Paisley, Ben Pimlott, Alan Plater, Daivd Powell, Jonathan Raban, Jo Richardson, Michele Roberts, William Rodgers, Sir Roy Shaw, Sue Slipman, Anne Smith, Vivian Stern, D.M. Thomas, Alan Thornett, Ron Todd, Chad Varah, John J. Vincent, Marina Warner, Tim Waterstone, Auberon Waugh, Arnold Wesker, Colin Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson, Michael Winner and Jeanette Winterson.
