Public interest defender (politics book review)
‘How often have politicians served up sheer nonsense for public consumption? And what damage have they done to each and every one of us while feathering their nests and expanding their activities? How far have successive governments inhibited individual freedom in the name of democracy? This book is a highly unusual, humorous and down-toearth exposition of the sheer humbug delivered continually by the vast majority of British politicians to the long-suffering public.’
The foregoing is from the blurb for a new book Crap: A Guide to Politics by well-known actuary Terry Arthur. Each chapter identifies and exposes a different kind of nonsense, and the whole book is held together by a running commentary in simple everyday language. Humorously but devastatingly written, this book is essential reading for anyone who has ever questioned the role of the bureaucrats and for anyone who is at all concerned about the political and economic muddle that is Britain today.
The table of contents is as follows:
Introduction
1 Newspeak crap
2 Contradictory crap
3 Meaningless crap
4 Statistical crap
5 Cheeky crap
6 Illogical crap
7 Misleading crap
8 Ideological crap
9 One rule for them crap
10 Fashionable crap
11 Economic crap
12 Prolific crap
Conclusion
