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Four Chancellors and a Funeral
- How to Lose a Country in Ten Days
- Narrated by: Chris Devon
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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The sequel nobody wants. After a decade of the Tories, could it get any worse? Spoiler–it does.
Towards the end of 2021, Britain had been frogmarched into an escalating series of surreal calamities. Brexit was a disaster, the NHS was in crisis, the government was bathed head-to-toe in impropriety, senior Tories were still acting as though the public purse was their personal feed-trough, and the air crackled with anger about PartyGate. All of which led to an inglorious start to 2022: the year the UK saw two monarchs, three prime ministers, and four chancellors.
From Boris Johnson, who crashed our international reputation and handed billions to his mates so they could ineptly fight a pandemic while he stayed at home, shagging and acting as a super-spreader; to Liz Truss, a drive-by prime minister who managed to kill off the queen and crash the economy in a single week. And now we're led by Rishi Sunak, who doesn't know how to use a credit card, drives a pretend car, and grinningly promises even more poverty.
Four Chancellors and a Funeral delivers more of Russell Jones's signature scathing wit, combining a detailed historical record of 2021 and 2022, with acerbic commentary, all of it leavened by jokes at the seemingly endless maelstrom of failures, nincompoops, and hypocrisies.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-04-24
A tragically funny and biting review of tge current Tory government.
listen and laugh and cry. Sadly it's a true story of incompetence, greed and hubris
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- Stu
- 14-04-24
At once hilarious, depressing & thought-provoking
As with his previous tome, The Decade in Tory, Russ Jones sets out the failings of recent governments in often amusing, but always highly understandable terms. He has a razor-sharp turn of phrase that often cuts deep into those who spent much of the past four years ruining the country for the average person. His accurate reconstruction of the timeline of Boris Johnson's self-destruction should be read by all who still believe it was all about cake, and the summary of the PPE fiasco is a vital reminder of the squalid cronyism of the 'VIP fast lane'.
However, this book is not all about criticism of Johnson, Truss (remember her?) and Sunak. It is also a reflection on the wider themes of post-war politics in the UK and the undercurrents that led us to our present malaise. Jones does an excellent job at raising our gaze way beyond the narcissism of Johnson, the rank stupidity of Truss or the awkwardness of Sunak.
A highly recommended read. It'll make you laugh and weep, and it may even make you think about how we can begin rebuilding our nation.
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- Jack E.
- 28-04-24
Insightful and cutting
Superb take down of the chaos that has been Britain since 2020 and a good follow on to A Decade in Tory. Found out things I didn't know and appreciated the review of how we got here at the end. Only thing missing are thoughts on how we get out of it - how the hell do we make things better?
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