GAME CHANGER Eight Weeks That Transformed British Politics: Inside Corbyn's Election Machine Book

After running a successful PR business for twenty years, Steve Howell had half an eye on retirement when he got `the call' - would he like to work for Jeremy Corbyn? As a long-standing Labour Party member, it was an irresistible opportunity. He took the job but had barely been cleared for a parliamentary pass when Theresa May called a snap election. Suddenly, Corbyn and his team had only eight weeks to prove their critics and the pollsters wrong. As deputy director of strategy and communications, Steve Howell was at the centre of Corbyn's election machine. Involved in all the key campaign decisions, the former journalist and anti-apartheid campaigner was a member of the Labour leader's strategy group tasked with the seemingly impossible mission of transforming the party's fortunes. Criticised in the media for his optimistic `fight to win' approach, Howell believed from the outset that Corbyn's campaigning skills, enthusiastic army of supporters and popular policies could produce a surge in support. In Game Changer - Eight Weeks That Transformed British Politics, he tells the inside story of the most dramatic General Election of modern times.Read More