Name: Doug Belshaw's review of Politics On the Edge by Rory Stewart
Item: Politics On the Edge
Rating: 5
Author: Doug Belshaw

Rory Stewart

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.

Over the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister - before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise.

Tackling ministerial briefs on flood response and prison violence, engaging with conflict and poverty abroad as a foreign minister, and Brexit as a Cabinet minister, Stewart learned first-hand how profoundly hollow our democracy and government had become.

Cronyism, ignorance and sheer incompetence ran rampant. Around him, individual politicians laid the foundations for the political and economic chaos of today. Stewart emerged battered but with a profound affection for his constituency of Penrith and the Border, and a deep direct insight into the era of populism and global conflict.

Uncompromising, candid and darkly humorous, Politics On the Edge is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life and a remarkable portrait of our age.

A Memoir From Within

Politics On the Edge

Doug Belshaw

I thoroughly enjoyed his audiobook, which I listened to while running - just as I do with the podcast the author co-hosts. Rory Stewart is not only a great writer, but the story of his decade in politics is fascinating in its own right. I'd say this is a must-read/listen for anyone with a passing interest in UK politics.

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