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Tory Nation - How one party took over (Hardcover)
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Tory Nation - How one party took over (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R482
Discovery Miles 4 820
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‘A witty, lucid investigation into one of the great political
mysteries of our time: the enduring love felt by the British people
for the party which regularly manages to persuade them, against all
the evidence, that it has their best interests at heart’ JONATHAN
COE, author of Bournville
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The story of the most successful political party in the world, and
a nation made in its image. Â Since 2010, the Conservative
Party has presided over countless corruption scandals, blundered
its way through a pandemic and trapped Britain in a cycle of
permanent dysfunction. This has coincided with four election wins
in a row, each one with a larger share of the vote than the last.
How? The strange dissonance between the Conservatives’
destructive record in government and their record of victory –
which has seen them suffer only seven major defeats in the last 150
years – is one of the defining riddles of British
politics. Tory Nation sets out to solve this
puzzle. With dazzling clarity and insight, Samuel Earle
explores the roots of the current crisis and the real reasons for
the Conservatives’ success, from their ruling class origins in
the eighteenth century and their disproportionate influence on the
British press to their stranglehold over national identity. He also
sheds light on the Conservatives’ historic appeal among the
working classes and why the Labour Party so often disappoints.
 Tory Nation describes the making of Britain through one
party’s astonishing staying power. It’s only by reaching into
our history, Earle argues, that we can understand how we got here
– and how we can find a way out
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'Finally, someone has explained why the British electorate behaves
like Turkeys voting for Christmas. Sam Earle has set out clearly
and eloquently why our democracy is incapable of solving our
political problems' ROBERT VERKAIK, author of Posh Boys
‘Eviscerating. Less a political book and more a mystery novel . .
. untangles the riddle of the strange cognitive dissonance between
the Tories’ bumbling, destructive political record and their
inexplicable electoral success’i-D Â
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