{"product_id":"politics-on-the-edge-pbk","title":"Politics on the Edge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher synopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitics On the Edge\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis 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\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Rory Stewart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e9781529922868\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bookspeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298873671975,"sku":"9781529922868","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1987\/4891\/files\/9781529922868-Politics-on-the-Edge_7684a1e5-1df4-4f97-aca5-23a5d274f613.jpg?v=1776674862","url":"https:\/\/uk-parliament-devci.myshopify.com\/products\/politics-on-the-edge-pbk","provider":"Houses of Parliament shop - DEVCI","version":"1.0","type":"link"}