Ever wondered why the indiscretions of some MPs help to make the front page while some don’t? How close journalists really are to politicians? Or how on the planet the country is normally work when the British political system can be in that mess?

In Haven’t You Heard?, Marie Le Conte looks at the function gossip, whispers and tittle-tattle play in every areas of politics – for the MPs and their advisers, the press who cover them and the civil servants in the center of everything. From plan rows which aren’t about policy whatsoever and boozy evenings with dramatic outcomes, to the people spinning their way to the very best and dark secrets hardly ever viewing the light of day time, Marie explores in great and entertaining fine detail the human part of the people running the country against a backdrop of political mayhem.