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  • The Right to Rule

  • Thirteen Years, Five Prime Ministers and the Implosion of the Tories
  • By: Ben Riley-Smith
  • Narrated by: Ben Riley-Smith
  • Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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By: Ben Riley-Smith
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The explosive full story of the past dozen years of Tory rule.

The Right to Rule is the full story of what has just happened in British politics, and how it has shaped Westminster and, by extension, the nation. Over the last decade, we have seen five different Conservative Prime Ministers, with five different missions and messages to the nation. Not for two centuries has such political turnover been seen. From the ashes of a financial crisis, to a break from the UK's biggest trading block, to a global pandemic, governments - and ideologies - have changed, but the Conservative party's power has remained. Through his unique access and brilliant insights, Ben Riley-Smith captures the big picture: how the Tories kept changing, kept revolting - and kept winning.

Witty, hair-raising and brilliantly sourced, this single account will link as never before stories of the Coalition, the Referendum, the travails of May, the chaos of the pandemic, the sagas of Johnson, the Truss implosion and the Sunak patch-job. This riveting account show how ruthless reinvention has allowed them to cling to power so successfully, and yet may ultimately bring about their downfall. It is the essential, entertaining and explosive account for anyone wondering how Britain got into this state.

©2023 Ben Riley-Smith (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critic Reviews

A brilliant encapsulation of thirteen years (Andrew Marr)
Essential (Jon Sopel)
A grippingly-written, detailed book that answers so many questions (Isabel Hardman)

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