In FIFTY YEARS ON, Roy Hattersley explores and explains the events which have shaped modern Britain.

Combining acute analysis of domestic politics with a brilliant eye for the bigger picture, his prejudiced history takes the reader from the high hopes of 1945 to the cynicism of end-of-century Britain.

Roy Hattersley focuses his attention on two particular features of post-war Britain: the perpetuation of an education system which fails to meet the needs of the whole country, and our stubborn refusal to accept that the United Kingdom is a medium-sized European nation which can only increase its power and prosperity by real integration within the European union.

FIFTY YEARS ON is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces that have shaped us.