From Ancient Athens the modern day, a radical look at how world history has been shaped by the constant struggle between the productive and the parasitic.
Douglas Carswell grew up in Uganda. Elected to Parliament four times, for two different parties, he ended up as an independent MP. He stood down from Parliament in 2017, having accomplished what he went into politics to achieve. He is the author of The Plan: Twelve Months to Renew Britain (with Daniel Hannan) and The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy.
There is remarkable breadth of history in this book, ranging from
ancient Greece to the present day
*Guardian*
A passionately expressed set of arguments about why our current
political arrangements do not work
*Daily Telegraph*
As a revolutionary text, Carswell's is right up there with the
Communist Manifesto
*Sunday Times*
[Carswell] is as genuine a rebel as parliament contains... So when
the revolution comes, metaphorically at least, I will join Douglas
at the barricades'
*The Times*
Unusual and fascinating
*Irish Times*
Mr Carswell makes his case well
*The Economist*
The big twist is that Carswell thinks that the populist challengers
to the status quo [...] are just as bad as the elite that they are
trying to replace
*Money Week*
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