Party''s Over - The Rise and Fall of the Conservatives From Thatcher to Sunak

Despite winning the December 2019 General Election, the Conservative parliamentary party is a moribund organisation. It no longer speaks for, or to, the British people. Its leadership has sacrificed the long-standing commitment to the Union to 'Get Brexit Done'. And beyond this, it is an intellectual vacuum, propped up by half-baked doctrine and magical thinking.

About the author

Phil Burton-Cartledge is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Derby. Via his blog, All That Is Solid, he regularly writes about politics and current affairs. He has also written for The Independent, New Statesman, and OpenDemocracy.

Summary

The Fall of the Tory Party

Product details

• Authors: Phil Burton-Cartledge
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781839760365
• ISBN: 978-1-83976-036-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Political parties and party platforms, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements