Cameron's Coup
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Cameron's Coup

How the Tories took Britain to the Brink

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eBook - ePub

Cameron's Coup

How the Tories took Britain to the Brink

About this book

*Includes updated post-election material.*

The NHS devastated without so much as a by-your-leave; Gen Y hung out to dry; legal aid cut for the vulnerable; social housing on the brink of collapse . . .

Cameron has been busy.

Margaret Thatcher sold off the nationalised industries, her political heirs are intent on leaving an even more radical legacy - selling off the state itself.

Written with their trademark precision and passion, Toynbee and Walker reveal how in four short years a party that failed to win a Commons majority has been devastatingly effective. Blending polls and statistics with moving human stories from Taunton to Teesside, Sydenham to Sheffield, Cameron's Coup shows the alarming reversal in decades of social progress. As Toynbee and Walker argue, it has been nothing short of a revolution. And they ask the pressing question: are these changes irrevocable?

This is essential reading for anyone who cares about their country.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: ‘I Thought I’d Be Good at It’
  6. 1: Unjust Britain
  7. 2: Britain 2015 – A Snapshot
  8. 3: Our Disunited Kingdom
  9. 4: Cameron’s Coup
  10. 5: The Cuts
  11. 6: Waging War on Welfare
  12. 7: Recovery – Pallid and Partial
  13. 8: Infrastructure Undermined
  14. 9: Schooling the Nation
  15. 10: Health Re-disorganised
  16. 11: Britannia Unchained
  17. 12: His Obedient Servants
  18. Conclusion
  19. Epilogue
  20. Index
  21. About the Author
  22. Copyright