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How They Broke Britain
- Narrated by: James O'Brien
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
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Something has gone really wrong in Britain.
Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social divisions are growing. Our politicians seem most interested in their own careers, and much of the media only make things worse. We are living in a country almost unrecognisable from the one that existed a decade ago. But whose fault is it really? Who broke Britain and how did they do it?
Bold and incisive as ever, James O'Brien reveals the shady network of influence that has created a broken Britain of strikes, shortages and scandals. He maps the web connecting dark think tanks to Downing Street, the journalists complicit in selling it to the public and the media bosses pushing their own agendas. Over ten chapters, each focusing on a particular person complicit in the downfall, James O'Brien reveals how a select few have conspired - sometimes by incompetence, sometimes by design - to bring Britain to its knees.
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- allan doherty
- 23-11-23
Needlessly unbalanced
It’s an interesting story which didn’t need the obviously biased delivery the author chose to use, the petty use of simpleton accents when playing the parts of people he doesn’t like or respect revealed his decision to abandon any attempt at a neutral and unbiased position.He could have won me over by telling it straight without the loading everything with an unnecessary dollop of hatred for anything right of centre.
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- alan
- 04-11-23
Concise state of the nation summary.
Nothing I wasn’t already aware of but a damning knitting together of the corruption that has poisoned nearly aspect of the UK.
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- Gavin Bennet
- 03-11-23
Essential
Read by the author himself, this is a clear and chilling account of how a minority in the media affects the way the government is run and how the public is regularly lied to and governed. It is an account of how the country is in the mess it is currently in.
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- martin118
- 05-11-23
Forensic
A work of pure FACT… James has dotted every single I and, microscopically, crossed every single T. It’s like reading a Venn diagram of the corruption, nepotism, sleaze, traitorism, and evil that has been woven in to British society by the propagomists in this book. I had to take a hot bath after every chapter just to try and wash the stench of these utter barstewards of my skin.!! Thank you James. Keep fighting the good fight !
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- D. Cottam
- 04-11-23
Pulling it all together
I didn’t learn a lot of important new stuff but the book is greater than the sum of its parts. The compelling narrative and the background details paint an unflinching picture of the degradation and manipulation of our politics. I fear the damage inflicted by Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and their enablers are life changing injuries. We must strengthen our laws and institutions against a possible return of these Dark Ages. It will also be necessary to hold some malefactors to account as an example to others.
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- Mr T.
- 08-11-23
Depressingly excellent
The book was just brilliant. The content very well researched and the conclusions, in my opinion, depressingly spot on. James thank you from myself and the democracy you so obviously fight for.
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- A Customer
- 07-11-23
James’ Best Work
This is Mr O’Brien’s best book by far. Each chapter takes a different person of interest and details each of the litany of crimes they have committed against the UK. It makes you very angry, but for once directed at the right people.
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- Barry Wom
- 03-11-23
Excellent
The sad, true and sometimes very darkly humorous exploration of a class ridden, corrupt and incompetent political car crash some 13 years and more in the making. Well read by the author who pulls no punches this is a solid recommendation.
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- Tharg, Leader of the Mudmen
- 08-11-23
Not so angry about it all, you will be...
If you were angry before you'll be seething with rage after reading this meticulously researched work. While its an open secret that the brexit result was illegally bought and paid for not least by using social media algorithms to manipulate swing voters with alarmist made up and/or improbable propaganda organised by those that stood to personally gain. Its fortifying to hear JO'B's unbending arrows of rectitude targeting the goons that got us into this utterly lamentable divisive disarray and national foreclosure, championed by Mr Farage like an infected Admiral Ackbar hailing the EU as the Evil Empire with a token defense from ineffectual stormtroopers Cameron and Osbourne from the planet Wet Blanket. Boris gets an angry assasination and blunt dissection, the wallpaper roll cost number of 840 should be tattooed on Boris's head in the shape of Damien's 666. A great but depressing listen.
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- Donna
- 05-11-23
Very accurate but depressing description of the corrupt power webs
James very accurately pins down and summarizes the corruption and contempt the right wing media and political class holds for the uk. We have been conned and lied to and it will take more than a generation to undo the damage
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- Gareth Berg
- 05-11-23
A very important and informative book
Want to know how the relationship between the think-tanks, media orgs and politics work?
Look no further.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-12-23
Should be on the school syllabus
Everyone should either learn or be reminded of what the subjects of this book did to the country.
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- Eadek
- 29-11-23
Revealing escapades of the privileged in society
Nothing to like , it is the facts previously hidden from the masses being revealed. The impact on the Conservative Party will be for all to see soon!!!
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