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

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He is hopeful, especially about the role young people can play, but he leaves no doubt about the mess we’re in. Yet whenever I look at my inbox or visit a school or college, or chat to fellow passengers on a train or plane, I also sense so much energy, so much commitment, so much passion for better causes and ideas. Who feel such a lack of connection with the top politicians paraded across the media the whole time that they assume there is no place in politics for 'people like me.

It feels as if one of the best political operatives in Britain sat the reader down for a pep talk and gave something between a motivational talk and a toolkit on how to prepare oneself for a political campagin.I liked his diagnosis of the global situation whereby populism and right wing stuff has taken over because of financial crises and general economic issues. For the Mental Health Awareness Week two years later he broadcast the documentary Alastair Campbell: Depression and Me, exploring different ways of dealing and coping with depression. The author is obsessed with BJ and fails to analyse his own or New Labours' role in poisoning british political habits and discourse. A fantastic heaping on realism and optimism that makes you want to get off the sofa and do something.

Later in 2003, commenting on weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq, Campbell said, "Come on, you don't seriously think we won't find anything?

However, towards the end of their work, they concede young individuals are the most intellectually engaged and privately motivated to change the world. It draws on Alastair's long experience to offer practical tips on putting together and leading a campaign team. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. I appreciate why some may have found the first section tiresome but for me it was so needed and it was a clever reality check of how recent years have messed with the political climate.