{"product_id":"9781787332713","title":"Politics On the Edge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An instant classic' MARINA HYDE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'At last a politician who can write' SEBASTIAN FAULKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Candid, angry, funny, and self-revelatory' JONATHAN DIMBLEBY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Exceptional' RAFAEL BEHR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Times pick for *The Biggest Books of the Autumn*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the course of a decade from 2010, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTackling ministerial briefs on flood response and prison violence, engaging with conflict and poverty abroad as a foreign minister, and Brexit as a Cabinet minister, Stewart learned first-hand how profoundly hollow our democracy and government had become.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCronyism, ignorance and sheer incompetence ran rampant. Around him, individual politicians laid the foundations for the political and economic chaos of today. Stewart emerged battered but with a profound affection for his constituency of Penrith and the Border, and a deep direct insight into the era of populism and global conflict.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUncompromising, candid and darkly humorous, Politics On the Edge is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life and a remarkable portrait of our age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Stewart, Rory","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Biography)","offer_id":45973248770272,"sku":"","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/199027582.jpg?v=1720022211","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781787332713","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}