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How they broke Britain /

by O'Brien, James.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : WH Allen, 2023Description: 371 pages ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780753560341 (hbk.) :; 0753560348 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 320.941 OBRSubject(s): Mass media -- Political aspects -- Great Britain | History | History | European history | Politics & government | Political leaders & leadership | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007- | Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1997- | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1997-Summary: Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social divisions are growing. Our politicians seem most interested in their own careers, and much of the media only make things worse. We are living in a country almost unrecognisable from the one that existed a decade ago. But whose fault is it really? Who broke Britain and how did they do it? Bold and incisive as ever, James O'Brien reveals the shady network of influence that has created a broken Britain of strikes, shortages and scandals. He maps the web connecting dark think tanks to Downing Street, the journalists complicit in selling it to the public and the media bosses pushing their own agendas. Over ten chapters, each focusing on a particular person complicit in the downfall, James O'Brien reveals how a select few have conspired - sometimes by incompetence, sometimes by design - to bring Britain to its knees.
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Book - Adult Hardback Crosby Library Adult Non-Fiction 941.086 OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 15/10/2024 003119099X
Book - Adult Hardback Southport Library Adult Non-Fiction 320.941 OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 01/11/2024 003118085X
Book - Adult Hardback Maghull Library Adult Non-Fiction 941.086 OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 04/11/2024 003119438X
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Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social divisions are growing. Our politicians seem most interested in their own careers, and much of the media only make things worse. We are living in a country almost unrecognisable from the one that existed a decade ago. But whose fault is it really? Who broke Britain and how did they do it? Bold and incisive as ever, James O'Brien reveals the shady network of influence that has created a broken Britain of strikes, shortages and scandals. He maps the web connecting dark think tanks to Downing Street, the journalists complicit in selling it to the public and the media bosses pushing their own agendas. Over ten chapters, each focusing on a particular person complicit in the downfall, James O'Brien reveals how a select few have conspired - sometimes by incompetence, sometimes by design - to bring Britain to its knees.

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