Bloody Panico! - Or, Whatever Happened to the Tory Party

The Tories’ ancient instinct for survival has vanished, along with any concern for the public good, and Bloody Panico is the prevailing mood

List of contents

Introduction

1. Tory England
2. Thatcher’s Heirs
3. Call me Dave
4. A Keen Political Intellect
5. Brokeback Buddies
6. A Device So Alien
7. Still Banging On
8. Blond Ambition
9. Inferior to Membership
10. ‘Dear Boris, Hallelujah!’
11. Plague Year
12. ‘In the Name of God, Go’
13. Citizen of Nowhere
14. The End of the Ending

About the author

Geoffrey Wheatcroft is a journalist and author. He contributes regularly to the Guardian, TLS, New York Times and the New York Review of Books, and his books include The Randlords, The Controversy of Zion, which won an American National Book Award, The Strange Death of Tory England, Yo, Blair! and Churchill's Shadow. He lives in Bath.

Summary

The Tories' ancient instinct for survival has vanished, along with any concern for the public good, and Bloody Panico is the prevailing mood

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Wheatcroft Geoffrey
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2024
• EAN: 9781804295755
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-575-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Political corruption, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Corruption in politics, government and society, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies