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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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Summary
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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- Laceybod
- 18-11-24
Add this to the National Curriculum NOW !!
Absolutely blistering account of why the UK Conservative Party should never again be given the levers of power. This book should be on every library book shelf in our comprehensive schools. Obligatory reading for anybody interested in UK politics and the managed decline of a country once considered a world leader. Be warned, it will make you shout out in anger expletives you never realised you knew.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-06-24
The sheer amount of detail. As citizens we sometimes quickly forget.
Honestly, for anyone with an interest in politics or the United Kingdom it’s a must read. The last 15-20 years in the United Kingdom has been savage.
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- Hew pew
- 12-05-24
Everyone should read , tells it like it really is
A very astute piece of work and informative read . A decent measure of acerbic humour. Really enjoyed and will be using the anagrams and eye watering statistics
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- Julie B
- 03-09-24
Russell Jones…sublime as always!
His audio painting of the protagonists are a particular joy…definitely worth a second listen!
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- Bill Atkinson
- 04-07-24
Light from the darkness
The style of the book helps the reader engage where an alternative would have made you shut up shop. Oddly I finished this on election day which seemed appropriate. What comes through to me is that all those in politics actually don’t have skin in the game.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-07-24
Outrageous - you couldn’t make it up!
The wordplay is excellent. The research and information indicates hard journalistic talent. The characters lend themselves to mockery. Put the whole thing together and it’s hugely entertaining. The delivery is good, just a few words that were mispronounced. Overall, brilliant and funny whilst at the same time making me feel nothing but disgust for the trail of destruction wrought by these clowns.
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- Jude
- 31-05-24
excellent
brilliant summary if the mess we are in and how we got here. Should be compulsory reading/listening before the election.
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- Mr. C. Thomas
- 12-06-24
Fact-based funnies
Jones does two things brilliantly:
1 Marshals figures and statistics to show just how bad the Tory government has been for Britain.
2 Conjures up a wonderful array of hilarious descriptions of senior Tory figures.
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