Code of Conduct : Why We Need to Fix Parliament - and How to Do It

Chris Bryant

ISBN 10: 1526663600 / ISBN 13: 9781526663603

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mai 2024, 2024

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Neuware - THE INSTANT TOP TWO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom leading MP Chris Bryant, the inside story of misconduct in parliament - and how we can help solve it.'Takes a bulldozer to the crumbling edifice of parliamentary standards' JAMES O'BRIEN \* 'Absolutely riveting' REVEREND RICHARD COLES \* 'Lively, forensic, engrossing' OBSERVER \* 'Vital' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL \* 'Blisteringly topical' TELEGRAPH \* 'Rollicking' i-PAPER \* 'Unputdownable' CAROL VORDERMANHaving spent years as Chair of the Committees on Standards and Privileges, Chris Bryant has been in the thick of the battle over standards in parliament. Cronyism, nepotism, conflicts of interest, misconduct and lying: politicians are engaging in these activities more frequently than ever before, with dangerous results for our democracy. Taking us inside the Pugin-carpeted corridors of Westminster, from the prime minister's office to the Strangers' Bar, Code of Conduct examines how parliament has got into this mess and suggests how it might - at last - get its house in order.

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• Titel: Code of Conduct : Why We Need to Fix Parliament - and How to Do It
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mai 2024
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1526663600
• ISBN-13: 9781526663603
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Chris Bryant has been the Member of Parliament for Rhondda since 2001. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Europe in the last Labour government, and has been Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. The author of six previous books, he has written regularly for the Guardian and the Independent, and has appeared on every major TV and radio news and current affairs programme. He was the first gay MP to celebrate his civil partnership in the Palace of Westminster.