Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts – moreish and fabulously salty’

JOE LYCETT

‘Matt Chorley never fails to look at politics from a different perspective and to make it fun. This book is a rollicking ride through the turning points of the last two hundred years, including many we will never forget and others that some of us wish we could’

WILLIAM HAGUE

Revealing, touching and very funny, Matt Chorley’s delightful romp through the rooms where it happened (and the restaurants, museums and beach huts too) is packed full of insight, detail and momentous political stories’

ED BALLS

‘Matt Chorley has the ability to burst the bubble of politicians’ pomposity and show them in all their hilarious ridiculousness. Always acutely observed and completely on point – and loads of belly laughs’ LORRAINE KELLY

Matt Chorley has been a Westminster-based political journalist since 2005. He has worked his way through the Press Association, Western Morning News, Independent on Sunday, MailOnline and The Times, where he is now a columnist. Since 2020, he has presented the mid-morning show on Times Radio. A sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005 led to a small 14-year break from comedy before his debut stand-up This. Is. Not. Normal. in 2019, during which somebody called an election. His second tour, Who Is In Charge Here?, only had to deal with a war and the collapse of the government. The publication of Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors will coincide with his third tour.