Politics On the Edge
The must-read #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics
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4.5 • 164 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The searing inside story of our broken politics from the former Cabinet minister and co-host of The Rest Is Politics.
‘The most exceptional political memoir I’ve ever read’
ALAN JOHNSON
‘An instant classic’
MARINA HYDE
‘At last a politician who can write’
SEBASTIAN FAULKS
Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister – before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise.
Uncompromising, honest and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life. Instantly praised as a new classic, it is an astonishing portrait of our turbulent times.
‘Genuinely eye-opening…always riveting, often horrifying’
iNEWS
‘Beautifully written’
GUARDIAN
‘Hugely entertaining’
EVENING STANDARD
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
* A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FT, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, TIMES, OBSERVER, i NEWSPAPER, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT, CHURCH TIMES AND SCOTSMAN *
Politics on the Edge was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller from 09.09.23–16.09.23, 09.12.23–16.12.23, 30.12.23–06.01.24 and 11.06.24—25.06.24.
Customer Reviews
Insightful but depressing
A fascinating insight into the political establishment but the air of self-righteousness does get a bit tiresome. There’s little to cheer the reader here about the prevailing problems, sluggishness, egotism and self interest in the governing Establishment as set out in this book. It’s a shame that thr well-meaning backbenchers who do good work become subsumed into what can only be described as a moribund and somewhat grubby whole.
Depressingly insightful
I’ve always admired Rory and this book highlights the better path the country could have been on if not for the media push for Johnson etc.
Detailed fascinating but depressing
Very interesting book from a Tory who cares and believes in doing good. However a bit depressing as he made me think deeply about this weak democratic system which we have. A good book a solid piece a worthy contribution to political discourse and understanding .. I say this even as a life long paid up member of the Labour Party