{"product_id":"bloody-panico-isbn-9781804295755","title":"Bloody Panico!","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history and obituary for the British conservative party\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the Tories face the voters at the next General  Election. Leading political commentator Geoffrey Wheatcroft argues that the party is not just facing the loss of government but also an existential crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tory Party has been the most electorally successful party in the history of modern Europe. It has been in power for eighty-five of the past 135 years. In 2019 they won their largest parliamentary majority in more than thirty years. So what went wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBloody Panico\u003c\/i\u003e, Geoffrey Wheatcroft charts the collapse of not just the party but its shattering of its very foundations. 2022 will be remembered as the year of two monarchs and three prime ministers, not to mention four chancellors of the exchequer, five education secretaries, and more than thirty resignations from the government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the pantomine of Boris, Truss and the managerial dullness of Sunak, the fabric of the party is frayed. At long last the Tories' ancient instinct for survival appears to have deserted them, along with any concern for the public good, and the prevailing mode of dissension and vicious feuding. This could see them cast into the political wilderness for decades.Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Tory England\u003cbr\u003e2. Thatcher’s Heirs\u003cbr\u003e3. Call me Dave\u003cbr\u003e4. A Keen Political Intellect\u003cbr\u003e5. Brokeback Buddies\u003cbr\u003e6. A Device So Alien\u003cbr\u003e7. Still Banging On\u003cbr\u003e8. Blond Ambition\u003cbr\u003e9. Inferior to Membership\u003cbr\u003e10. ‘Dear Boris, Hallelujah!’\u003cbr\u003e11. Plague Year\u003cbr\u003e12. ‘In the Name of God, Go’\u003cbr\u003e13. Citizen of Nowhere\u003cbr\u003e14. The End of the Ending\"There is much ... in \u003ci\u003eBloody Panico\u003c\/i\u003e with which most rational people will agree, whatever their politics ... If the next incarnation of the Conservative party doesn't mend its pretty abominable ways, Wheatcroft really will have to write the obituary.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Simon Heffer, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Very lucid\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Harris, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wheatcroft is particularly alert to the way enduring labels obscure underlying realities. Don't be misled by the name, for the Conservative Party has rarely functioned as a simple, straightforward embodiment of Tory principles and prejudices.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Colin Kidd, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wheatcroft is a splendid and convincing phrasemaker ... and enjoyably feline in his malice.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Philip Hensher, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Trenchant\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mary Kenny, \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Enlightening\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Andrew Gimson, \u003ci\u003eConservative Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Masterly\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sarah Ingham, \u003ci\u003eConservative Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fast-moving and powerful ... [Wheatcroft] blends points from Tory history, which stretches back nearly 350 years, with contemporary events to enhance understanding of what has gone wrong.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Lord Lexden, \u003ci\u003eThe House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Enjoyably bilious ... [Wheatcroft] delves into the party’s history, revealing a unique ability for reinvention that now seems to have deserted it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Magnificently damning ... [Wheatcroft] surveys the last 14 years with wit and anger, arguing that the Ides of March have come for the Tories: they’re facing an existential crisis that demands real boldness and imagination, not cheap platitudes and sloganeering.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Alexander Larman, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph, Best Books of the Year 2024\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Wheatcroft\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and author. He contributes regularly to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and his books include \u003ci\u003eThe Randlords\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Controversy of Zion\u003c\/i\u003e, which won an American National Book Award,\u003ci\u003e The Strange Death of Tory England\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYo, Blair! \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChurchill's Shadow. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Bath.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300756213989,"sku":"NP9781804295755","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804295755.jpg?v=1767722821","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/bloody-panico-isbn-9781804295755","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}