Politics on the edge : a memoir from within / Rory Stewart.
By: Stewart, Rory.
Publisher: London : Jonathan Cape, 2023Description: 320 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781787332713 (hbk.) :; 1787332713 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Stewart, Rory | Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography | Cabinet officers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Biography | Biography | England | Biography & non-fiction prose | Autobiography: historical, political & military | Memoirs | European history | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007-DDC classification: 941.0861092 Summary: 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 and inadequate 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. This book invites us into the mind of one of the most interesting actors on the British political stage.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Newton-le-Willows Library Adult Non-Fiction | 941.086 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Issued | 16/04/2024 | 38055400024561 | ||
| Adult book | Thatto Heath Library Adult Non-Fiction | 941.086 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Reserved | 38055400024562 | 1 |
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 and inadequate 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. This book invites us into the mind of one of the most interesting actors on the British political stage.