{"product_id":"9780008312664_start-again-how-we-can-fix-our-broken-politics","title":"Start Again: How We Can Fix Our Broken Politics","description":"\u003ch2\u003e‘The bible for The Independent Group and many others’ Nick Robinson, Today Programme\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStart Again\u003c\/em\u003e is a life-raft for all those who find themselves politically adrift and a rallying cry for a better kind of politics\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eBritain is today divided old against young, class against class, region against region, nativist against cosmopolitan, rich against poor and London against the rest. Our country is divided by generation, by education, by place and by attitude. \u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003ePolitics needs to be turned off and started again.\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this time of tumult, when Britain is wrestling with the question of what sort of nation it wishes to be, its politics is stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower is hoarded by a distant and unresponsive centre and our two largest political parties have both been captured by those on their outer edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo many of us have been left politically homeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eStart Again\u003c\/em\u003e, Philip Collins, \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e journalist and until recently a lifelong Labour voter, offers a road map to a different political destination. It is a road map that, in recent days, has been taken up by many from both sides of the political divide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on lessons from history Collins proposes new answers to today’s most urgent questions: questions of education, work, health, housing, security, nationhood, and of how we can achieve a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHopeful, indignant and inspirational, this is a book for anyone who feels that politics no longer speaks to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Start Again, Philip Collins offers a fresh perspective on the current state of politics. He explores the ideologies that have led to a divide between social classes, and proposes a new approach to policy-making that prioritises the public and addresses economic disparity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Simon Sebag Montefiore (Jerusalem), Rory Stewart (The Places In Between), Isabel Hardman (Fighting for Life), Robert B. Cialdini (Influence, New and Expanded), and Simon Lancaster (Connect).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philip Collins, Read by Philip Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889598779541,"sku":"9780008312664","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008312664_ae0444c0-43f1-4650-900e-47f783c78422.jpg?v=1776888174","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008312664_start-again-how-we-can-fix-our-broken-politics","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}