Why We Get the Wrong Politicians

Shortlisted For The 2018 Waterstones Book Of The Yearwinner At The 2018 Parliamentary Book Awardslonglisted For The Orwell Prize, 2019____________a Really Good Book... Well-structured And Well-written. Observerwell Written And Incisive. The Timesvital And Compelling. New Statesmanin An Era When Politicians Are Responsible For The Brexit Logjam And Embroiled In Sexual-harassment And Expenses Scandals, It's No Wonder We've Lost Our Faith In Government. Every Year, They Introduce New Legislation That Doesn't Do What It Sets Out To Achieve - Often With Terrible Financial And Human Costs. But, With Some Notable Exceptions, They Are Decent, Hard-working People, Doing A Hugely Difficult And Demanding Job. In This Searching Examination Of Our Political Class, Award-winning Journalist Isabel Hardman Investigates The Strange And Demanding World Of Westminster, And Asks Why We End Up With Representatives We No Longer Trust - And How Might Faith Be Restored.