Unleashing Demons, Craig Oliver
Unleashing Demons, Craig Oliver
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Unleashing Demons
The Inside Story of Brexit

Author: Craig Oliver

Narrator: Craig Oliver

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2016

Synopsis

'Utterly fascinating...I suspect that every historian of the period will regard it as indispensable to appreciating this extraordinary phase in our history.' John Simpson

'The compelling insider's account of the man who was at the centre of the Downing Street web' Nick Robinson

'This is one of the most vivid, frank and exciting inside accounts to have been written for years.' Anthony Seldon

'A gripping fly-on-the-wall account of the frenzy in Downing Street during the EU campaign.' Robert Peston

As David Cameron's director of Politics and communications, Craig Oliver was in the room at every key moment during the EU referendum - the biggest political event in the UK since World War 2.

Craig Oliver worked with all the players, including David Cameron, George Osbourne, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Theresa May and Peter Mandelson.

Unleashing Demons is based on his extensive notes, detailing everything from the decision to call a referendum, to the subsequent civil war in the Conservative Party and the aftermath of the shocking result.

This is raw history at its very best, packed with enthralling detail and colourful anecdotes from behind the closed doors of the campaign that changed British history.

(P) 2016 Hodder & Stoughton

About Craig Oliver

Before entering 10 Downing Street as Director of Politics and Communications, Craig Oliver was an award-wining journalist. His roles included editing the BBC's News at Six and Ten, Controller of the World Service and Executive Editor of ITV's flagship news programmes. He has three daughters and lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew

The Brexit wounds are still fresh, so what better time to get the views of David Cameron’s communications chief on how the whole thing played out. The book takes the form of daily diary updates. After opening with the cataclysmic climax to the UK’s vote, we are taken back to the beginning of the ref......more

Goodreads review by Hjalti

Fínasta bók sem gefur áhugaverða innsýn í Brexit og bresk stjórnmál. Bókin fjallar aðallega um stjórnmálamenn og kosningabaráttuna en kafar ekki djúpt ofan í ástæður og (hugsanlegar) afleiðingar Brexit. Höfundurinn, Sir Craig Oliver, var aðalspunameistari David Cameron og því er þetta einhliða frásö......more

Goodreads review by Ty

This book is an excellent narrative on the Brexit campaign, with lessons that can be applied to political communications more generally. The author was David Cameron's Communications Director, and effectively decided much of the Remain campaign's strategy. Oliver stresses message discipline in campa......more

Goodreads review by Lena

I read this to get out of my " leftie echo chamber" and am proud to announce that I've successfully made it through 400 pages of this torie's diary entries!......more

Quotes

Unleashing Demons...has the vividness and pace of a political thriller. Extraordinarily candid... Roland Rudd

THE BOOK THAT WILL SET WESTMINSTER ABLAZE Mail on Sunday

Gripping reading New Statesman

Craig Oliver's account of his time as David Cameron's Director of Communications in Downing Street during the EU referendum will almost certainly prove to be the most important document for understanding what happened and why it all ended as it did. Oliver has managed the difficult trick of being frank as well as loyal, and his words have a remarkable immediacy. I found his book utterly fascinating, and I suspect that every historian of the period will regard it as indispensable to appreciating this extraordinary phase in our history. John Simpson

Part memoir, part diary, this is one of the most vivid, frank and exciting inside accounts to have been written for years. It points its forensic beam into the inner sanctums of power during one of the most crucial episodes in British history since the war. Stunning and highly readable. It will make uncomfortable reading for a few, but hugely enlightening and enjoyable reading for the many. Anthony Seldon

Wish you could have been a fly on the wall of Number 10 during the EU referendum campaign? No need. This is the compelling insider's account of the man who was at the centre of the Downing Street web as David Cameron took the decisions which led to Britain voting to leave the EU. Nick Robinson

A gripping fly-on-the-wall account of the frenzy in Downing Street during the EU campaign. Robert Peston

This is contemporary history at its best...It has pace, insider info and a bit of chutzpah.' Iain Dale

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