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  The Triumph of the Political Class (Paperback) By (author) Peter Oborne

  

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  Short Description for The Triumph of the Political ClassA devastating new critique of government in twenty-first-century Britain, by one of our most insightful political commentators. Now updated to include Gordon Brown's ascension to the Labour throne.
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  • Publisher: POCKET BOOKS
  • Published: 03 November 2008
  • Format: Paperback 432 pages
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  • Categories: Politics & Government
  • ISBN 13: 9781416526650 ISBN 10: 141652665X
  • Sales rank: 137,721

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Full description for The Triumph of the Political Class

• Both an extension of and a companion to his acclaimed expose of political mendacity, THE RISE OF POLITICAL LYING, Peter Oborne's new book reveals in devastating fashion just how far we have left behind us the idea of people going into politics for that quaint reason, to serve the public. Notions of the greater good and "putting something back" now seem absurdly idealistic, such is the pervasiveness of cynicism in our politics and politicians. Of course, self-interest has always played a part, and Oborne will show how our current climate owes much to the venality of the eighteenth century. But in these allegedly enlightened times should we not know better? Do we not deserve better from those who seek our electoral approval? Full of revealing and insightful stories and anecdotes to support his case, and with a passionate call for reform, THE TRIUMPH OF THE POLITICAL CLASS is destined to be one of the defining political books of recent years.