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REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF 2021 and 2022

Winner at the Parliamentary Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize
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Daily Telegraph's Best Books of the Year
Guardian's Best Books of the Year
Evening Standard's Best Books of the Year
Daily Mail's Best Books of the Year
BBC's Biggest Books
Prospect's Best Books of the Year

Politicians are consistently voted the least trusted professional group by the UK public. They've recently become embroiled in scandals relating to everything from expenses to sexual harassment to illicit parties. Every year, they introduce new legislation that doesn't do what it sets out to achieve - often with terrible financial and human costs. But, with some notable exceptions, they are decent, hard-working people, doing a hugely difficult and demanding job.

In this searching examination of our political class, award-winning journalist Isabel Hardman tries to square this circle. She lifts the lid on the strange world of Westminster and asks why we end up with representatives with whom we are so unhappy. Filled with forensic analysis and revealing reportage, this landmark and accessible book is a must read for anyone who wants to see a future with better government.

Why We Get the Wrong Politicians

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REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF 2021 and 2022Winner at the Parliamentary Book AwardsShortlisted for the Waterstones... Read more

    Publisher: Atlantic Books
    Publication Date: 01/09/2022
    ISBN13: 9781838958473, 978-1838958473
    ISBN10: 1838958479

    Number of Pages: 384

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF 2021 and 2022

    Winner at the Parliamentary Book Awards
    Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year
    Longlisted for the Orwell Prize
    ____________

    Daily Telegraph's Best Books of the Year
    Guardian's Best Books of the Year
    Evening Standard's Best Books of the Year
    Daily Mail's Best Books of the Year
    BBC's Biggest Books
    Prospect's Best Books of the Year

    Politicians are consistently voted the least trusted professional group by the UK public. They've recently become embroiled in scandals relating to everything from expenses to sexual harassment to illicit parties. Every year, they introduce new legislation that doesn't do what it sets out to achieve - often with terrible financial and human costs. But, with some notable exceptions, they are decent, hard-working people, doing a hugely difficult and demanding job.

    In this searching examination of our political class, award-winning journalist Isabel Hardman tries to square this circle. She lifts the lid on the strange world of Westminster and asks why we end up with representatives with whom we are so unhappy. Filled with forensic analysis and revealing reportage, this landmark and accessible book is a must read for anyone who wants to see a future with better government.

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