Politics On the Edge - A Memoir from Within

From the former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest of Politics, a searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament 'An instant classic' MARINA HYDE 'At last a politician who can write' SEBASTIAN FAULKS 'Candid, angry, funny, and self-revelatory' JONATHAN DIMBLEBY 'Exceptional' RAFAEL BEHR Over the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister - before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise. Tackling ministerial briefs on flood response and prison violence, engaging with conflict and poverty abroad as a foreign minister, and Brexit as a Cabinet minister, Stewart learned first-hand how profoundly hollow our democracy and government had become. Cronyism, ignorance and sheer incompetence ran rampant. Around him, individual politicians laid the foundations for the political and economic chaos of today. Stewart emerged battered but with a profound affection for his constituency of Penrith and the Border, and a deep direct insight into the era of populism and global conflict. Politics On the Edge invites us into the mind of one of the most interesting actors on the British political stage. Uncompromising, candid and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life; a new classic of political memoir and a remarkable portrait of our age.

General

Imprint:	Jonathan Cape
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2023
Authors:	Rory Stewart
Dimensions:	240 x 156 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-1-78733-271-3
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-78733-271-3
Barcode:	9781787332713

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