The Lost Decade
eBook - ePub

The Lost Decade

2010–2020, and What Lies Ahead for Britain

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eBook - ePub

The Lost Decade

2010–2020, and What Lies Ahead for Britain

About this book

The ten years from 2010 have been devastating. A decade of austerity and paralysis nurtured contempt for leaders, institutions and fellow citizens and fertilised the ground for a rebellious Brexit. It has been a decade characterised by national tragedies from Grenfell to Windrush, and food banks to the property crisis.

But, as Adam Smith said, 'there's a great deal of ruin in a nation'. No truthful portrait of an era can be monochrome. Bright spots included the rise of renewable energy, lower crime rates, legalisation of same-sex marriage and the creative industries continuing to punch well above their weight in spite of cuts.

In The Lost Decade, Polly Toynbee and David Walker offer the definitive survey of this most tumultuous of periods in British history and look to what lies ahead for us. This is the anatomy of a dark decade, bringing hope for better to come.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. 1: Leaving It All Behind
  8. 2: Brexit and the Break-Up of Britain
  9. 3: Austerity Britain
  10. 4: Dislike, Disrespect, Distrust
  11. 5: Not Feeling Very Well, Doctor
  12. 6: Flatlining
  13. 7: States of Mind
  14. 8: Insecure?
  15. 9: Places
  16. 10: What Next?
  17. About the Author
  18. Copyright