Product Description

It is dizzying what has happened in the 2009 Parliament. It started in September when the government dropped the economic ball with the mother of financial crashes. And that was for starters. Never before have so many MPs resigned and have tax payers got such entertainment value out of their elected representatives in the worst year in British politics of the Millenium! In "Annus Horribilis", the "Times" political sketch writer Ann Treneman savours this unique Parliamentary year in her widely admired witty and sarcastic style, capturing the Hogarthian display of playground spats, bickering and serious people who really cant resist the opportunity of making a fool of themselves - duck pond and all.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12217 in Books
• Published on: 2009-12-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Review
'Brilliant.' Matthew Parris --1

About the Author
Ann Treneman is the Times parliamentary sketch writer. She is a nominee for the Dods female political journalist of the year. She lives in London.

Customer Reviews

Politicians on the receiving end
I take The Times (London) and always make a beeline for Ann Treneman's columns. So here she is reporting what is said and done in Westminster and around the national political patches BUT it's the pithy comments and the laugh-out-loud similes that make her work so cheeringly enlightening. Not the dirge that lesser talents would make such reportage seem; how could one not treasure Gordo's hand-flapping and embarrassed wriggling in the House being compared to a whale struggling to get into a size 10 dress. What a lovable wag Ann T. is.

Cutting comments
Ann Treneman depicts British politicians with a sharp, well-observed wit; her portraits of our elected members should act as a guide at the next election. She manages to describe self -important MPs so well - if Spitting Image was still on the box she would have a leading role in the construction of the characters and the script. It should be prescribed reading a the House of Commons.

Political sketch writing at its best
Anne Treneman is witty, clever, droll and satirical; she mixes humour with sharp political insights which always seek to prick the pomposity of overblown politicians and regularly ridicules the more outrageous publicity seekers. A joy to read.