"Never argue about something which is a verifiable fact" was a maxim by which David Butler's father brought him up, and it was time spent chasing facts in British Politics that induced David Butler (with Anne Sloman) to publish his first volume of British Political Facts in 1963. The fact that this book is now in its eighth edition is testimony to how useful it is to students and practitioners of politics, journalists, and everyday pedants.
Twentieth Century British Political Facts provides a factual history of the past hundred years of British Politics: it is a Who's Who of ministers and ministries; a chronology of key events in Parliament, Europe, the Commonwealth, the law, and the economy; and is a repository of statistical data-from election results and poll findings, to the performance of the economy. Whether your query concerns these areas, or the Civil Service, the news media, royalty, local government, the armed forces, religion, or social development, you should make this book your first port of call.
Twentieth Century British Political Facts is a source of invaluable and fascinating political information, and will prove indispensable to students, and to anyone else with an interest in recent British Politics.