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How Not to Be a Politician
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Named a Best Book of 2023 by Financial Times and Kirkus Reviews
The #1 Sunday Times bestseller, published in the UK as Politics on the Edge.
“One of the best books on politics our era will see . . . A book of astonishing literary quality.”—Matthew Parris, The TLS
“[Rory Stewart] walked across Asia, served in British Parliament, and ran against Boris Johnson. Now he gives us his view of what’s wrong with politics, and how we can make it right.”—Adam Grant, “The 12 New Fall Books to Enrich Your Thinking”
From a great writer—legendary for his expeditions into some of the world’s most forbidding places—a wise, honest, and sometimes absurdist memoir of a most remarkable journey through British politics at the breaking point
Rory Stewart was an unlikely politician. He was best known for his two-year walk across Asia—in which he crossed Afghanistan, essentially solo, in the months after 9/11—and for his service, as a diplomat in Iraq, and Afghanistan. But in 2009, he abandoned his chair at Harvard University to stand for a seat in Parliament, representing the communities and farms of the Lake District and the Scottish border—one of the most isolated and beautiful districts in England. He ran as a Conservative, though he had no prior connection to the politics and there was much about the party that he disagreed with.
How Not to Be a Politician is a candid and penetrating examination of life on the ground as a politician in an age of shallow populism, when every hard problem has a solution that’s simple, appealing, and wrong. While undauntedly optimistic about what a public servant can accomplish in the lives of his constituents, the book is also a pitiless insider’s exposé of the game of politics at the highest level, often shocking in its displays of rampant cynicism, ignorance, glibness, and sheer incompetence. Stewart witnesses Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and its descent into political civil war, compounded by the bad faith of his party’s leaders—David Cameron, Boris Johnson, and Liz Truss.
Finally, after nine years of service and six ministerial roles, and shocked by his party’s lurch to the populist right, Stewart ran for prime minister. Stewart’s campaign took him into the lead in the opinion polls, head-to-head against Boris Johnson. How Not to Be a Politician is his effort to make sense of it all, including what has happened to politics in Britain and the world and how we can fix it. The view into democracy’s dark heart is troubling, but at every turn Stewart also finds allies and ways to make a difference. A bracing, invigorating mix of irony and love infuses How Not to Be a Politician. This is one of the most revealing memoirs written by a politician in living memory.
Reseñas de la Crítica
“One of the best books on politics our era will see . . . A book of astonishing literary quality.”—Matthew Parris, The TLS
“Stewart’s story of his nine years in Parliament is vastly superior to the standard windy self-justifications of many ex-politicians. For a start, he can write. How Not to Be a Politician is entertaining, fast-paced and easy to read without being patronizing.”—The Washington Post
“Stewart has written an unsparing and brilliant portrait of his decade as a lawmaker, culminating in his failed bid to become prime minister. The lying, incompetence, and treachery he depicts are all so blatant that the book should be assigned to bright young things to rid them of any remaining illusions before they put their name on a ballot.”—Michael Ignatieff, The Atlantic
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- De: Alastair Campbell
- Narrado por: Alastair Campbell
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever hear. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, these audio extracts chart the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life.
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Better heard than read
- De Jeffrey P. en 09-13-07
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Keir Starmer
- The Biography
- De: Tom Baldwin
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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Keir Starmer: The Biography is an authoritative study of a man who now stands on the brink of becoming Britain's next Prime Minister. If he succeeds, Starmer will be the first Labour leader in a generation to win power, even though most voters still say they don’t know much about him. It not only tells Starmer’s story but also examines the paradox of a politician often uncomfortable with politics, someone who is both remarkably ordinary and capable of defying all efforts to define him.
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This will convert some of the doubters
- De Mark Hillary en 03-02-24
De: Tom Baldwin
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For the Record
- De: David Cameron
- Narrado por: David Cameron
- Duración: 29 h y 59 m
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David Cameron was elected Conservative leader in 2005, promising to modernize the party following its three successive electoral defeats. He became Prime Minister in 2010, forming Britain’s first coalition government in 70 years, at a moment of economic crisis, and went on to win the first outright Conservative majority for 23 years at the 2015 general election.
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Wish i did not read it first
- De Amazon Customer en 10-01-19
De: David Cameron
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The Places in Between
- De: Rory Stewart
- Narrado por: Rory Stewart
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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In January 2002, Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan, surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day, he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past.
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A Brilliant Work of Nonfiction
- De Kimberlee Joos en 01-26-07
De: Rory Stewart
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The Marches
- A Borderland Journey Between England and Scotland
- De: Rory Stewart
- Narrado por: Rory Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Ten years after the walk across Central Asia and Afghanistan that he memorialized in The Places in Between, Rory Stewart set out on a new journey, traversing a thousand miles between England and Scotland. Stewart was raised along the border of the two countries, the frontier taking on poignant significance in his understanding of what it means to be both Scottish and English, of his relationship with his father, who's lived on this land his whole life, and of his ties to the rich history and culture of the region.
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Uneven and unexpected, still worth it.
- De Nassir en 04-29-17
De: Rory Stewart
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The Prince of the Marshes
- De: Rory Stewart
- Narrado por: Rory Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 25 m
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Told from Stewart's distinctly Western perspective, The Prince of the Marshes chronicles his time acting as the deputy governor of two southern Iraqi provinces.
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A View From The Real Iraq
- De James en 11-24-07
De: Rory Stewart
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The Blair Years
- Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries
- De: Alastair Campbell
- Narrado por: Alastair Campbell
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever hear. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, these audio extracts chart the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life.
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Better heard than read
- De Jeffrey P. en 09-13-07
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Keir Starmer
- The Biography
- De: Tom Baldwin
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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Keir Starmer: The Biography is an authoritative study of a man who now stands on the brink of becoming Britain's next Prime Minister. If he succeeds, Starmer will be the first Labour leader in a generation to win power, even though most voters still say they don’t know much about him. It not only tells Starmer’s story but also examines the paradox of a politician often uncomfortable with politics, someone who is both remarkably ordinary and capable of defying all efforts to define him.
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This will convert some of the doubters
- De Mark Hillary en 03-02-24
De: Tom Baldwin
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For the Record
- De: David Cameron
- Narrado por: David Cameron
- Duración: 29 h y 59 m
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David Cameron was elected Conservative leader in 2005, promising to modernize the party following its three successive electoral defeats. He became Prime Minister in 2010, forming Britain’s first coalition government in 70 years, at a moment of economic crisis, and went on to win the first outright Conservative majority for 23 years at the 2015 general election.
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Wish i did not read it first
- De Amazon Customer en 10-01-19
De: David Cameron
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The Longevity Imperative
- How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives
- De: Andrew J. Scott
- Narrado por: Michael Chance
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Thanks to increases in life expectancy, we can now expect to live for a long time. Most of us would welcome an extra day in the week, so why do so many of us view the prospect of additional years with fear and skepticism? The reason is simple: society is not currently structured to support long lives. Rather than thinking in terms of the needs of a rising number of older people, we must instead support the young and middle-aged to prepare differently for the longer futures they can expect.
De: Andrew J. Scott
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The Longest War
- America and Al-Qaeda Since 9/11
- De: Peter L. Bergen
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 16 h y 43 m
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In The Longest War, Peter Bergen offers a comprehensive history of this war and its evolution, from the strategies devised in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to the fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and beyond. Weaving together internal documents from al-Qaeda and the U.S. offices of counterterrorism, first-person interviews with top-level jihadists and senior Washington officials, along with his own experiences on the ground in the Middle East, Bergen balances the accounts of each side.
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More Bush bashing..yes, but still worth reading.
- De Dennis en 01-18-11
De: Peter L. Bergen
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How They Broke Britain
- De: James O'Brien
- Narrado por: James O'Brien
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social divisions are growing. Our politicians seem most interested in their own careers, and much of the media only make things worse. We are living in a country almost unrecognisable from the one that existed a decade ago. But whose fault is it really? Who broke Britain and how did they do it?
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A very important and informative book
- De Gareth Berg en 11-05-23
De: James O'Brien
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United States of Jihad
- Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists
- De: Peter Bergen
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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Since 9/11, more than 300 Americans - born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere - have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: An American was among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more than 80 US citizens have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American soil, as with the attacks at Fort Hood, at the Boston Marathon, and in San Bernardino. What motivates them, how are they trained, and what do we sacrifice in our efforts to track them?
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More multi-culty dreck
- De Peter en 02-06-16
De: Peter Bergen
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The Man Without a Face
- The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
- De: Masha Gessen
- Narrado por: Masha Gessen
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to its own people and to the world.
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A Preview of Authoritarianism in the USA
- De Jimmy O en 06-08-19
De: Masha Gessen
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Eighteen Days in October
- The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
- De: Uri Kaufman
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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October 2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle." But, argues Uri Kaufman, from the perspective of a half century, the War can be seen as a pivotal victory for Israel.
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gripping history
- De Alex Troy en 11-12-23
De: Uri Kaufman
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There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- De: Fiona Hill
- Narrado por: Fiona Hill
- Duración: 15 h y 35 m
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A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia—and draws on her personal journey out of poverty, as well as her unique perspectives as an historian and policy maker, to show how we can return hope to our forgotten places.
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Excellent book on populism, Putin, Trump and us
- De Erin en 10-08-21
De: Fiona Hill
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The Achilles Trap
- Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
- De: Steve Coll
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 17 h y 58 m
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From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the costliest geopolitical conflicts of our time.
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From the Saddam’s Point of View.
- De philip en 03-08-24
De: Steve Coll
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The Showman
- Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky
- De: Simon Shuster
- Narrado por: Daniel Gamburg
- Duración: 14 h y 27 m
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Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and wartime leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety show in Ukraine to the muddy trenches of his war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, The Showman tells an intimate and eye-opening story of the President’s evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience.
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Cuts through the war propaganda fog!
- De Eric W Thomas en 02-15-24
De: Simon Shuster
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Apprentice in Wonderland
- How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass
- De: Ramin Setoodeh
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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Here for the first time is the definitive untold story of Donald Trump’s years as a reality TV star. Trump himself admits he might not have been president without The Apprentice. Now, just as he uncovered the chaos inside the daytime favorite The View in his bestselling Ladies Who Punch, Ramin Setoodeh chronicles Trump’s dramatic tenure as New York’s ultimate boss in the boardroom, a mirage created by Survivor producer Mark Burnett and NBC boss Jeff Zucker.
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Continued insight
- De Sherri Godsey en 06-27-24
De: Ramin Setoodeh
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When the Clock Broke
- Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
- De: John Ganz
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 15 h y 17 m
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With the Soviet Union extinct, Saddam Hussein defeated, and U.S. power at its zenith, the early 1990s promised a “kinder, gentler America.” Instead, it was a period of rising anger and domestic turmoil, anticipating the polarization and resurgent extremism we know today. In When the Clock Broke, the acclaimed political writer John Ganz tells the story of America’s late-century discontents.
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Amazing history of the early 90s
- De Aaron R. Isaacson en 06-25-24
De: John Ganz
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
- A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917--2017
- De: Rashid Khalidi
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi, Rashid Khalidi - introduction
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members - mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists - The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age.
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Thoroughly Researched and Evidence-Based, but...
- De K en 05-24-21
De: Rashid Khalidi
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre How Not to Be a Politician
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- Steve McIntosh
- 10-28-23
A brilliant, must read work.
Brilliantly written and read, a deeply disturbing take down of the British political establishment.
Already looking forward to the next volume. 😉
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- Ryan Bonifay
- 11-15-23
Brilliant Memoir
Fantastically open and honest, this really is the gold standard for a political memoir. Will likely listen to it again.
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- karen brown
- 07-18-24
Nothing flattering. But that’s what made it beautiful, believable, and brilliant.
A mind boggling detailed account of his experience that miraculously didn’t leave me lost. It made me feel as if I was sitting beside him in every situation from the start until the very end. I had a front row seat in every encounter, sometimes feeling as if I was part of the dialogue. It’s an ingenious way of hooking and holding onto the reader’s attention.
His storytelling style - changing his accent, tone, speed, etc., to embody each character, is highly entertaining, very engaging, as is his sense of humor. You are definitely on an emotional roller coaster ride with him.
Just as great is the microscopic transparency, brutal honesty, and raw account of what happens in politics. The fact that he spared no one, including himself is quite refreshing.
Everything about this book makes it a winner!
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- Chris Corsini
- 08-12-24
So Good
I've spent a lot of my adult life active in state and local politics and this has to be one of the best ground level political memoirs I've ever listened to. Rory Stewart catches the immortal themes of frustration and futility in politics and does it in a clever and engaging way. I'm familiar with UK politics, but you do not have to be to capture the wisdom in this book. Stewart reads the book himself which is an added bonus.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-02-23
Excellent
The story, the level of detail, and the language used are all excellent in this audiobook. I usually steer clear of political books - whether biographical or not - but this paints a very honest picture into the years, the decisions and British politics in general. Very eye opening. I’d definitely recommend this.
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- A. Visserman
- 06-15-24
A must read book.
Rory Stewart’s memoir is imperative reading for anyone interested in understanding the British political scene. This book explains how a wrong turn by the Conservative party at the election of Boris Johnson led to its destruction and likely humiliation in the 2024 election.
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- Michael C Van Aken
- 10-12-23
It is a fantastic account of how the British government actually works
It is a brilliant account of British politics in action. Every British citizen should read this to learn how the government actually operates.
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- BayouBrit
- 03-24-24
How to increase and reinforce your cynicism about British politics
Good grief but this is depressing. That's not meant as a criticism of the author in any way, but his experience of a political system which is clearly broken and which is effective at resisting all attempts to repair it is not light-hearted or inspiring. However, I appreciate the honesty and candour and I am encouraged that Mr. Stewart seems to have maintained his sanity and good humour throughout. I will listen to this again, but not for a month or two!
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- Mike Cooper
- 10-02-23
An honest account of what’s gone wrong in our politics
Rory Stewart gives us an honest, candid, behind the scenes account of what’s gone wrong in our politics, viewed from the lens of a doer and idealist who took years to learn the art of politics and then got thrown out of the game. This is insightful, and at times a depressing read about good people who let our politics go to shit. But it’s also full of hard learned lessons for moderates, centrists, and normal people, for how to do maneuver in this new age, do politics, and use power for good. Well worth a read.
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- Christine C.
- 10-25-23
Excellent book on English politics.
Wry good book surprisingly well narrated by the author. Gives the reader a vivid view of some of the forces driving the contemporary English political system.
My only negative observation is that with his background and experience Rory must have expected some “challenges” when he went for a swim in the political cesspool. Rory is a little too coy when presenting himself as a rather naïf apprentice politician. Still the British Parliament has lost an excellent MP and is much smaller without Rory….
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