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Interviews, commentary, and original journalism to tackle the absurd and the solvable. Finding 90% solutions to the biggest problems. Left/right populist realignment that expands and protects personal freedom. Don't forget to take care of you and yours! Past lives: college professor, reporter, editor, financial advisor, AK wilderness guide, car salesman, cab driver, park ranger. Thanks for stopping by. www.Thorn.media

In May 2010, British politics entered a revolutionary new era. With the election of the first hung parliament since 1974, Britain found itself in the unfamiliar world of coalition government. Explaining what this all means, this incisive introduction shows us how our politics is changing and why we should care about it. Exploring the structure of British government, ‘spin’, foreign policy, and the fallout from the expenses scandal and the financial crisis, Grayson reveals the complex interactions that determine everything from the taxes we pay to when we put the wheelie bin out.

The book chronicles - sometimes dramatically, sometimes poignantly - the king's imprisonment after his defeat in the civil war, the events and paliamentary debates leading up to the charges of high treason being brought against the king, and a virtual transcript of the trial itself - bringing into our living-rooms the spirited arguments between Charles and the president of the court, Lord Bradshaw.