{"product_id":"9780571324996","title":"The Pact: The Inside Story of the Lib-Lab Government, 1977-1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1977 Prime Minister James Callaghan and Liberal leader David Steel struck a constitutional deal, by which the Labour government could survive a vote of no confidence and get its business through Parliament, while the Liberals gained access to the anterooms of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pact\u003c\/i\u003e, a contemporaneous account of the hatching and workings of the 'Lib-Lab' deal of 1977-8, is an invaluable time-capsule of British politics but also a pointer to its future. Coalition government has oft been scorned in Britain, since - as Alistair Michie and Simon Hoggart note - the main parties regard their opponents chiefly as 'targets off which points may be scored'. But hung parliaments and inter-party deals, as revived in May of 2010, may be back to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Pact\u003c\/i\u003e, in memory of its co-author Simon Hoggart (1946-2014), includes new prefaces by David Steel, Roy Hattersley, and the journalist Stephen Bush.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123783188720,"sku":"9780571324996","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571324996_p0.jpg?v=1763719960","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571324996","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}