Politicians today live in an age in which no action or word remains beyond the scrutiny of their peers. The media landscape is such that technological developments have revolutionised communication, making even the minutiae of modern politics potentially hazardous to the uninitiated and the untrained. With the rise of Twitter, blogging and the social networks, governments, parties and politicians are never far away from the next damaging, potentially career-ending, crisis. In this book, MP Rob Wilson looks at recent crises and scandals in British politics from the perspective of the people at the heart of the story. It details just what it is like to face the media and a political onslaught, how senior politicians attempt to battle through as their careers face ruin, and how the experience affects them, and their families, as human beings.
