The Cameron Delusion
1st Edition
Published on 26. March 2010
264 pages
978-1-4411-2390-9 (ISBN)
Description
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, explains how unattributable lunches guide coverage and why so many reporters - once slavish admirers of Labour - now follow the Tory line.
This updated edition of Hitchens's The Broken Compass (2009) features a brand new introduction. In an excoriating analysis, Hitchens examines the Tory Party's record in government and opposition, dismissing it as a failure on all fronts but one - the ability to win office without principle. The one thing it certainly isn't is conservative.
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, explains how unattributable lunches guide coverage and why so many reporters - once slavish admirers of Labour - now follow the Tory line.
This updated edition of Hitchens's The Broken Compass (2009) features a brand new introduction. In an excoriating analysis, Hitchens examines the Tory Party's record in government and opposition, dismissing it as a failure on all fronts but one - the ability to win office without principle. The one thing it certainly isn't is conservative.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-2390-9 (9781441123909)
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Peter Hitchens
The Cameron Delusion
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Person
Peter Hitchens is a columnist for the Mail on Sunday and a contributor to many other publications. He has published several books, including The Abolition of Britain and The Rage Against God, also published by Bloomsbury Continuum, mainly on aspects of what he regards as a Cultural Revolution which has transformed Britain for the worse in the last half century. He is active on social media, especially Twitter. He has been a journalist for nearly 50 years, has reported from 57 countries and was a resident correspondent in Moscow and Washington. He is a former revolutionary Marxist who now describes himself as a socially conservative Social Democrat.
Content
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 Compass \ Postscript \ Index
