How They Broke Britain
By: James O'Brien
4.29
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r…
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1. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
2. How They Broke Britain
By: James O'Brien
4.29
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more
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3. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
4. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
By: Ian Dunt
4.45
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more
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5. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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6. The Trading Game: A Confession
By: Gary Stevenson
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more
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7. Code of Conduct: Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It
By: Chris Bryant
4.01
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
THE INSTANT TOP TWO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDSCronyism, n… read more
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8. Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain
By: Andy Burnham
4.37
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
Picked as one of Waterstones' Non-Fiction 'Books You Need to Read in 2024' Gordon 'A path-bre… read more
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9. Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV
By: Rob Burley
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition
A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider account of 25 years working at the very top of Britis… read more
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10. But What Can I Do?
By: Alastair Campbell
3.87
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more
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11. Depraved New World: Please Hold, the Government Will Be With You Shortly
By: John Crace
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
O brave new world, that has such people in't. Or not. William Shakespeare clearly had never imagine… read more
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12. Keir Starmer: The Biography
By: Tom Baldwin
4.06
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more
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13. Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
By: Caroline Lucas
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Who are the English? Today, the dominant story told about our national history solely serves the i… read more
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"Many resented how some expressions of Englishness were allowed, while others were not. It was acceptable to love the English countryside, English humour, English music and English Literature, and to …"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"With the 1980s came a new harshness in British politics, which included prioritising profit over public service. The Conservatives - the very party who might have been expected to support the traditi…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"The economist J.K. Galbraith wrote in The Affluent Society (1958) about 'private affluence and public squalor', demonstrating the pernicious effects on the economy and society of excessive wealth ine…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"Ultimately, the most powerful way to rebalance the interests of private owners and the common good is by shifting the focus towards taxes on wealth - that is, asking those who have accummulated subst…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
14. The Decade in Tory: An Inventory of Idiocy from the Coalition to COVID
By: Russell Jones
4.64
Format: 680 pages, Hardcover
In 2020 the United Kingdom reached a bewildering milestone: ten successive years of Conservative ru… read more
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15. Four Chancellors and a Funeral: How to Lose a Country in Ten Days
By: Russell Jones
4.61
Format: 655 pages, Kindle Edition
The sequel nobody wants. After a decade of the Tories, could it get any worse? Spoiler – it does. … read more
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16. The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
By: Peter Oborne
4.01
Format: None pages, Audiobook
* THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER * 'A clinical and merciless account of Johnson's mendacity...… read more
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17. One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On
By: Wes Streeting
4.30
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
Wes Streeting might have ended up in prison rather than in parliament. His maternal grandfather Bil… read more
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18. Blue Murder: The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government, 2010–2024
By: Ben Riley-Smith
4.01
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The explosive full story of the past dozen years of Tory rule, from coalition to self-destruction. … read more
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19. Somebody Told Me: One Man’s Unexpected Journey Down the Rabbit Hole of Lies, Trolls and Conspiracies
By: Danny Wallace
4.22
Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition
Have you been keeping your eye on your grandma lately? Have you been calling her enough? You sure s… read more
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20. Great Britain?: The must-read Sunday Times bestseller on How We Get Our Future Back
By: Torsten Bell
4.37
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
Thrilling and essential campaign reading from one of our most influential and profound economists'T… read more
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21. Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth
By: Tom Burgis
3.79
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
A true story about Cuckooland – a world where the rich can buy everything – including the truth. … read more
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