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Red Tory: How Left and Right Have Broken Britain and How We Can Fix it (Paperback)
Short Description for Red ToryRed Toryism combines economic egalitarianism with social conservatism, calling for an end to monopolisation of society and the private sphere by state and market. This book argues that only a radical political settlement can tackle the problems we face. It offers a different vision for our future and asks us to question our political assumptions.
Full description- Publisher: Faber and Faber
- Published: 01 May 2010
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Conservatism & Right-of-centre Democratic Ideologies | Political Structure & Processes | Miscellaneous Items
- ISBN 13: 9780571251674 ISBN 10: 0571251676
- Sales rank: 44,594
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Full description for Red Tory
Conventional politics is at crossroads. Amid recession, depression, poverty, increasing violence and rising inequality, our current politics is exhausted and inadequate. In "Red Tory", Phillip Blond argues that only a radical new political settlement can tackle the problems we face. Red Toryism combines economic egalitarianism with social conservatism, calling for an end to the monopolisation of society and the private sphere by the state and the market. Decrying the legacy of both the Labour and Conservative parties, Blond proposes a genuinely progressive Conservatism that will restore social equality and revive British culture. He calls for the strengthening of local communities and economies, ending dispossession, redistribution of the tax burden and restoration the nuclear family. "Red Tory" offers a different vision for our future and asks us to question our long-held political assumptions. No political thinker has aroused more passionate debate in recent times. Phillip Blond's ideas have already been praised or attacked in every major British newspaper and journal. Challenging, stimulating and exhilarating, this is a book for our times.
