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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785481903321

Autore

Hitchens Peter <1951->

Titolo

The Cameron delusion [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hitchens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2010

ISBN

1-4411-2390-3

1-4411-8020-6

1-282-87581-7

1-283-27221-0

9786612875816

9786613272218

1-4411-8302-7

1-4411-7266-1

Edizione

[Updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HitchensPeter <1951->

Disciplina

320.94109051

Soggetti

Political culture - Great Britain

Political parties - Great Britain

Right and left (Political science)

Great Britain Politics and government 2007-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previous ed.: published as The broken compass. 2009.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface: The Lost Frontier; Introduction: The Great Paradox; Part I: The New Permanent Government of Britain; 1 Guy Fawkes Gets a Blackberry; 2 The Power of Lunch; 3 Time for a Change; 4 Fear of Finding Something Worse; 5 The Great Landslide; Part II: The Left Escapes to the West; 6 Riding the Prague Tram; 7 A Fire Burning Under Water; Part III: Britain through the Looking Glass; 8 Racism, Sexism and Homophobia; 9 Sexism is Rational; 10 Equality or Tolerance; 11 The Fall of the Meritocracy; 12 'The age of the train'; 13 A Comfortable Hotel on the Road to Damascus

Conclusion: The Broken CompassPostscript; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The struggle between the main political parties has been reduced to an



unpopularity contest, in which voters hold their noses and sigh as they trudge to the polls. Peter Hitchens explains how and why British politics has sunk to this dreary level - the takeover of the parties and the media by conventional left-wing dogmas which then call themselves 'the centre ground'. The Tory party under David Cameron has become a pale-blue twin of New Labour, offering change without alteration. Hitchens, a former Lobby reporter, examines and mocks the flock mentality of most Westminster journalists, explain