But What Can I Do?: Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It

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That being said, I think when he starts to answer the question posed in the title, it's a very good read. I've wanted to find political direction for a while and this definitely is pushing me to take action more. While smashing modern politicians, he glosses over Tony Blair and George W Bush's tenure (and the illegal war in Iraq) insisting BoJo was the first PM in UK history to unquestionably lie to the public. No mention of of the SNP flaws because...guess what? That's an unpopularist view. Also a return to violence in Northern Ireland will be the fault of the referendum and the post Brexit deal and not the lunatic terrorists who murder women and children (police officers and politicians), justifying this behaviour as their cause. I was intrigued at the beginning, especially when learning about the planning and prep of Fire Drill Friday’s, as well as which speakers spoke. However, it was the same thing: teach-in, drill, civil disobedience, arrest, and what can I do. I was hoping to get more than just a repeated cycle after each chapter.

PDF / EPUB File Name: But_What_Can_I_Do_-_Alastair_Campbell.pdf, But_What_Can_I_Do_-_Alastair_Campbell.epub For Campbell, Brexit is the reason for the state we’re in. It was the Leave campaign, he argues, that fundamentally changed the way politics operated, openly encouraging MPs to become wilfully duplicitous, “to seek to divide, create chaos, dominate the airwaves with insults”.Although I do appreciate everything this book has to say, I cannot deny how ~boring~ it got after a couple of chapters. Why you might ask? Well.... Listening to TRiP podcast has reignited my engagement with politics and campaigning, and this book is a great guide to the pitfalls and positives. Personally, I am not a fan of doing yard sales. But, I know a lot of people who really enjoy them. So, if you are one of the folks that really enjoy hosting a yard sale then, by all means, have at it!

I wasn't going to rate this book as I dnf'd it pretty early on, only a few chapters in but I really wasn't enjoying it at all so one star it is. Take this how you will as I can't comment on whether it gets better or not. When will the Establishment afford us with a fully codified Constitution available to all Citizens any place any time? Urgent discussion and action needed. Given my political views are similar to Alastair Campbell, I enjoyed much of his wry and realistic analysis of the world today. His explanation of polarising populism across different countries (not only Trump and Johnson) is engaging, as is his exposure of the corruption of truth. His structure reminded me of one of my top reads of recent years, The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg: analyse the problem, then help the reader to become engaged as an activist.Campbell, 65, is well-placed to opine on the subject. A former communications director for Tony Blair, he seemed less Machiavellian than, say, Dominic Cummings, and instead determined – often belligerently – to do the right thing by his country, even if half the country was convinced he was wrong. But then, such is politics. Despite quitting in 2003, he’s never really left the field because he can’t. People, he suggests, are always coming up to him, either to blame him for New Labour’s failings, or else to ask what “we” can do to improve things. His book is, in part, an answer.