Heroic failure : Brexit and the politics of pain
O'Toole, Fintan, 1958-2019
Book
In exploring the answers to the question: 'why did Britain vote leave?', Fintan O'Toole finds himself discovering how trivial journalistic lies became far from trivial national obsessions; how the pose of indifference to truth and historical fact has come to define the style of an entire political elite; how a country that once had colonies is redefining itself as an oppressed nation requiring liberation; the strange gastronomic and political significance of prawn-flavoured crisps, and their role in the rise of Boris Johnson; the dreams of revolutionary deregulation and privatisation that drive Arron Banks, Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg; and the silent rise of English nationalism, the force that dare not speak its name.
Main title:
Heroic failure : Brexit and the politics of pain / Fintan O'Toole.
Author:
O'Toole, Fintan, 1958-, author
Edition:
[New] edition.
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2019.
Collation:
xxiv, 276 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2018."An Apollo book."Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781789540994 (pbk)
Dewey class:
341.2'4223'0941
Language:
English
Subject:
European Union -- MembershipReferendum -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st centuryNational characteristics, BritishPrejudices in popular culture -- Great BritainEntitlement attitudes -- Great BritainAdvice and RightsAdvice and RightsGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryGreat Britain -- Relations -- European Union countriesEuropean Union countries -- Relations -- Great Britain
BRN:
2706