V.O.T.E. - Haward, Lance
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V.O.T.E. is set in the not-too-distant future but in a radically changed political landscape in which, under presently existing law, a private company - Voice Of The Electorate - has evolved into the de facto power controlling parliament and its legislative programme. The struggle between an over-powerful chairman of V.O.T.E. and the only remaining 'independent' member of the Commons, leader of the traditionalist Westminster Movement, in its attempt to unpick this massive confidence trick and restore democracy, becomes a desperate once-for-all gamble in the run-up to the first meaningful…mehr

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V.O.T.E. is set in the not-too-distant future but in a radically changed political landscape in which, under presently existing law, a private company - Voice Of The Electorate - has evolved into the de facto power controlling parliament and its legislative programme. The struggle between an over-powerful chairman of V.O.T.E. and the only remaining 'independent' member of the Commons, leader of the traditionalist Westminster Movement, in its attempt to unpick this massive confidence trick and restore democracy, becomes a desperate once-for-all gamble in the run-up to the first meaningful general election in fifty years, in which more than one life is lost. The campaign unfolds against the background of a United Kingdom in which the National Lottery has been replaced by something much closer to the games of ancient Rome, and when the central character, V.O.T.E.'s home secretary designate but now in revolt against it, finds himself forcibly conscripted into the arena, it is only the merest accident of an earlier and violent encounter in the street which comes to his rescue in the fight for life.
Autorenporträt
Lance Haward is a retired solicitor, formerly the country's leading specialist and writer on the law of education, with numerous technical publications to his name (Further Education Development Agency, Times Education Supplement, columnist to the Education Law Association Bulletin, etc.). Also, articles and short stories (including prize winners). Historical lecturer. Sometime member of the London Diocesan Board of Education, and the London Diocesan Council / Synod. Appearances on many television quiz/chat shows - the only person to have won the Brain of Mensa (three times) and BBC's "University Challenge". Currently, editing two journals under the auspices of British Mensa.