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The Decade in Tory

An Inventory of Idiocy from the Coalition to Covid

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In 2020 the United Kingdom reached a bewildering milestone: ten successive years of Conservative rule. In that decade there were three prime ministers, each in turn described as the worst leader we ever had; ministerial resignations by the hundred; and an unrelenting stream of ineffectual, divisive bum-slurry oozing from 10 Downing Street.

The Decade in Tory is an inglorious, rollicking and entirely true account of ten years of demonstrable lies, relentless incompetence, epic waste, serial corruption, official police investigations, anti-democratic practices, abuse of power, dereliction of duty and hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths.

With his signature scathing wit, Russell Jones breaks down the government's interminable failures year by year, covering everything from David Cameron's pledge to tackle inequality—which reduced UK life expectancy for the first time since 1841—through the bewildering storm of lies and betrayals that led to Brexit, devastating education cuts, serial mismanagement of the NHS and Boris Johnson's calamitous response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will leave you gasping and wondering: can things possibly get any worse?

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Russell Jones is a star! I enjoyed this so much, it’s laugh out loud funny in places, but I’m as angry as Russell about what the Tories inflict on us. One minor complaint - the reader’s accent is lovely, but his pronunciation of some words is totally bizarre!

Brilliant!!

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Excellent summary of a decade of incompetence. The level of detail is excellent and horrific at the same time. Why aren’t more of our politicians behind bars?

Outstanding clarity

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This book will make you laugh, cry and get angry often at the same paragraph

Damn

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Stunningly good recounting of the period of our history. Blistering details yet with laugh-out-loud moments on every page and some truly wonderful turns of phrase. Should be compulsory reading for anyone before they cast their vote in the next election. Very good, sardonic delivery, just spoilt a bit by some annoying mispronunciations here and there. 9.9 out of 10 from me.

Stunningly entertaining - a must- listen for any voter!

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To say this litany of Tory failures is unrelenting is an understatement of biblical proportions. It’s beautifully written and both funny and depressing in equal measure.




A perfect account of idiocy.

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