How They Broke Britain

Product Information

Anyone who ever voted for the politicians at the heart of this book, and responsible for the harm done to Britain's reputation, should also take some of the blame.

Bold and incisive as ever, James O'Brien reveals the shady network of influence that has created a broken Britain of strikes, shortages and scandals.He maps the web connecting dark think tanks to Downing Street, the journalists involved in selling it to the public and the media bosses pushing their own agendas. All 10 more than deserve his ire, and ours; there seems little point in my going over their entitlement and casual destruction here. The most important political book of the year and a fascinating must-read for anyone who cares about Britain. The book is already a bestseller; a recent event promoting it required a venue change, so great was the demand for tickets. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Personally, I’m as suspicious as he is of the Mail’s newfound support for freedom of speech on university campuses. A critic from the right who picks a fight with How They Broke Britain may be dismissed by O’Brien as just another hateful ideologue or client journalist, any review further evidence of the incestuous, corrupt and heinously biased world he works so hard to decry. Each baddie gets a chapter: Rupert Murdoch, Paul Dacre and Andrew Neil represent the press; Nigel Farage, David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are his politicians; Matthew Elliott and Dominic Cummings of Vote Leave bring up the rear (like a pantomime horse).It also makes his criticisms of some extremely hard-working journalists (the BBC’s former political editor, Laura Kuenssberg; the presenter of Today, Nick Robinson) seem snide and unnecessary.