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My Favourite Political Books and Films
Diaries : In PowerDiaries : In Power by Alan Clark
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01
The best volume of Clark's diaries, and the best inside view of Thatcher's government.
The Fourth ProtocolThe Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth
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Forsyth's best, which is saying something given his other great books. Look out for Ken Livingstone in the KGB memo.
Patriot GamesPatriot Games by Tom Clancy
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Any book in which the Prince of Wales mows down terrorists on a beach gets my vote.
Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over CommunismReagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism by Peter Schweizer
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Even in the UK we owe this man so much more than we realise, and here's a book that tells you why.
Bob Roberts [VHS] [1992]Bob Roberts [VHS] [1992]
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A revealing film that lays bare all the Left's prejudices against the Right, and very funny too.
Term Limits: A NovelTerm Limits: A Novel by Vince Flynn
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All of Flynn's books are worth a read, so start at the beginning to see how good US political thrillers can be.
StatecraftStatecraft by Margaret Thatcher
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Read alongside Reagan's War this shows why the Cold War was won for freedom, and what must now be done.
Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries, 1992-97Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries, 1992-97 by Gyles Brandreth
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More diaries - Clark's were best for the Thatcher era, here is the definitive Major diarist.
Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood Collection) [DVD] [1971]Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood Collection) [DVD] [1971]
Buy new: £12.78 / Used from: £1.19
If you don't like this classic Clint then you are probably quite ill.
Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the NewsBias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News by Bernard Goldberg
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Great book, truly enlightening, I just wish someone would do it about the BBC too.
SlanderSlander by Ann Coulter
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Like 'Bias' but with added rabies, this is a very funny, angry and above all accurate book.
GoldGold by Ryan Adams
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Not a book, not a film, not conservative - just brilliant. Merits endless replays.
Friends, Voters, CountrymenFriends, Voters, Countrymen by Boris Johnson
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Even the most hardened lefty would have to find this book charmingly amusing. Johnson's writing was once called 'the Just William of British political commentary', and here's why.
We Were Soldiers [DVD] [2002]We Were Soldiers [DVD] [2002]
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A very vivid portrayal of a true story, and without the usual knee-jerk anti-war sentiment so common in Hollywood.
Will: the Autobiography of G. Gordon LiddyWill: the Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy by G.Gordon Liddy
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This is an incredible book - literally so. If Liddy were fictional you would scoff at the author for creating such a wildly unusual character - but he isn't fictional, he's just beyond belief.
The Aachen MemorandumThe Aachen Memorandum by Andrew Roberts
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This book should have launched a new genre, Euro-sceptic thrillers, and perhaps in time it will. Maybe Freddie Forsyth could have done better, but historian Andrew Roberts will do for now.
To Hell in a HandcartTo Hell in a Handcart by Richard Littlejohn
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If you like his Sun columns you'd have to be ill not to like this. An angry, funny, twisted and passionate novel of modern British life.
The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004)The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004) by J.R.R. Tolkien
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I normally hate fantasy novels but I love this one, surely the greatest novel of good versus evil. Just read it, you've no excuse not to.
The Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior DevilThe Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil by C. S. Lewis
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Written by a colleague of Tolkien's, this imagined correspondence between Screwtape, a devil, and his nephew Wormwood is hilarious and inspirational, a Christian classic.
Fighting TerrorismFighting Terrorism by Benjamin Netanyahu
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Interesting insight for the War on Terrorism from a statesman who has spent decades on the front line.
Conflict: Desert Storm (PS2)Conflict: Desert Storm (PS2)
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Practice.
Black Hawk DownBlack Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
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A terrifying story of true heroism. The film is good, but the book is even better.
Reagan, in His Own Hand: A BiographyReagan, in His Own Hand: A Biography by Ronald Reagan
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Don't believe everything you are told by leftists - Reagan really had a brain. Here is the evidence, in his own writings, to support his title 'a one-man think tank'.
NHL 2003 (PS2)NHL 2003 (PS2)
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Very satisfying after a hard day in the office. We don't get enough ice hockey on British television so put some on with this.
The Great Escape (Special Edition) [1963] [DVD]The Great Escape (Special Edition) [1963] [DVD]
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Self-explanatory.