Kevin Jefferys is Professor of Contemporary History at Plymouth University. His publications include The Churchill Coalition and Wartime Politics 1940-1945 (1991), Anthony Crosland (1999), Finest and Darkest Hours: The Decisive Events in British Politics from Churchill to Blair (2002), and Politics and the People: A History of British Democracy since 1918 (2007). His latest book, Sport and Politics in Modern Britain: The Road to 2012, is published in July 2012.
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