
The Lost Decade
2010-2020, and What Lies Ahead for Britain
Guardian Faber Publishing
Published on 5. March 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-78335-171-8 (ISBN)
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The ten years from 2010 have been devastating. A decade of austerity and paralysis nurtured contempt for leaders, institutions and fellow citizens and fertilised the ground for a rebellious Brexit. It has been a decade characterised by national tragedies from Grenfell to Windrush, and food banks to the property crisis.
But, as Adam Smith said, 'there's a great deal of ruin in a nation'. No truthful portrait of an era can be monochrome. Bright spots included the rise of renewable energy, lower crime rates, legalisation of same-sex marriage and the creative industries continuing to punch well above their weight in spite of cuts.
In The Lost Decade, Polly Toynbee and David Walker offer the definitive survey of this most tumultuous of periods in British history and look to what lies ahead for us. This is the anatomy of a dark decade, bringing hope for better to come.
But, as Adam Smith said, 'there's a great deal of ruin in a nation'. No truthful portrait of an era can be monochrome. Bright spots included the rise of renewable energy, lower crime rates, legalisation of same-sex marriage and the creative industries continuing to punch well above their weight in spite of cuts.
In The Lost Decade, Polly Toynbee and David Walker offer the definitive survey of this most tumultuous of periods in British history and look to what lies ahead for us. This is the anatomy of a dark decade, bringing hope for better to come.
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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78335-171-8 (9781783351718)
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Polly Toynbee and David Walker have co-authored several works of non-fiction, most recently Cameron's Coup: How the Tories Took Britain to the Brink and Dismembered: How the Conservative Attack on the State Harms Us All. Polly Toynbee is a columnist for the Guardian. David Walker is a contributing editor to the Guardian Public and former director of public reporting at the Audit Commission.