Why we get the wrong politicians - A review of sorts
Much of this article will be analysing ideas rather than reviewing the book in question. I started writing this piece just days after MPs voted against holding a general election and voted to delay Brexit until the 31st January, unless Boris Johnson can muster a deal out from his 'negotiations' with Brussels or resuscitate Theresa May's deal in some form or another. This following the government's decision to prorogue Parliament, for 5 weeks, as opposed to the typical week used for a Queen's speech. Since then, Parliament's been prorogued, 'unprorogued' and prorogued again (as of tomorrow at least). These decisions, and their subsequent responses, have once again polarised the electorate, and much anger is perhaps understandably directed at the politicians, who are frequently accused of only serving their own self-interests and more often than not towing the party line. It seems apt therefore that I'm examining Isabel Hardman's book 'Why w...