SIMON LEE is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Center for Democratic Governance, Department of Politics and International Studies, Hull University, UK. He is the author of Boom and Bust: The Politics and Legacy of Gordon Brown and has written, edited, or contributed to more than twenty other books.
MATT BEECH is Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Center for British Politics, Department of Politics and International Studies, Hull University, UK. He is co-editor, with Simon Lee, of Ten Years of New Labour, The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last?, and The Brown Government: A Policy Evaluation.
