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    The Breakdown: Making Sense of Politics in a Messed Up World
    The Breakdown: Making Sense of Politics in a Messed Up World
    The Breakdown: Making Sense of Politics in a Messed Up World
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    The Breakdown: Making Sense of Politics in a Messed Up World

    By Tatton Spiller

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    We're living through The Breakdown. A time of enormous political upheaval and polarised opinion. Many of us feel ill-equipped to understand and debate the issues currently rocking our world. At last, here is a sane voice of reason that cuts through the noise.Brexit: a chance to take back control or taking us to the brink of disaster?Immigration: a strain on our country or a crucial part of our economy?Austerity: essential reduction of national debt or devastating cuts to public spending?Tax cuts: control over your money or a threat to the welfare system?Privatisation: Crucial efficiency-boosting competition or the ruthless destruction of our public services?Ban on plastics: saving the planet or excessive government interference?The Breakdown will give you all the tools to work out what's happening and why - and then empower you to do something about it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateMar 25, 2020
    ISBN9781783964246
    The Breakdown: Making Sense of Politics in a Messed Up World
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    Tatton Spiller

    Tatton Spiller is the author of The Breakdown and the founder of Simple Politics. SP has been helping people engage with politics for the best part of a decade, gaining over a million social media followers in the process. When things are complex in politics, people turn to him and his team. Individually, Tatton talks to as many people as possible about politics, on TV & radio (including BBC Two, Sky News, 5Live), with live audiences, in schools, on podcasts and more. With a background in classroom teaching, journalism, education at the Houses of Parliament and event production, nobody writes about politics in the way he does.

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