How They Broke Britain By James O Brien Paperback

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THE REVEALING, DEFINING ACCOUNT OF THE DARK NETWORK THAT BROKE OUR COUNTRY.

Something has gone really wrong in Britain.

Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social divisions are growing. Our politicians seem most interested in their own careers, and much of the media only make things worse. We are living in a country almost unrecognisable from the one that existed a decade ago. But whose fault is it really? Who broke Britain and how did they do it?

Bold and incisive as ever, James O'Brien reveals the shady network of influence that has created a broken Britain of strikes, shortages and scandals. He maps the web connecting dark think tanks to Downing Street, the journalists involved in selling it to the public and the media bosses pushing their own agendas. Over ten chapters, each focusing on a particular person complicit in the downfall, James O'Brien reveals how a select few have conspired - sometimes by incompetence, sometimes by design - to bring Britain to its knees.

About the Author
James O'Brien is an award-winning writer and broadcaster whose journalism has appeared everywhere from the TLS to the Daily Mirror. His daily current affairs programme on LBC is the most popular talk show on commercial radio with over 1.4 million weekly listeners and his first book, How To Be Right, was a Sunday Times bestseller, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for Best Political Book by a non-politician. He is often to be found on Twitter trying not to get into arguments unless absolutely necessary.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ WH Allen (25 April 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0753560364
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0753560365

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11th May
The sequel should be interesting once labour have really broke Britain
11th May
Funnily enough I don't remember that happening last time they were in. I just remember Brexit, lowest economic growth in history, rising national debt and the highest taxes on record from the last 15 years of Conservative mismanagement.
11th May
I’ll just leave this here
11th May
You can pretty much get his views from this video:

11th May
Agreed, I don't think this is worth reading
11th May
How did who break Britain? The EU? The immigrants? The unions? The politicians? The general public? COVID? There's lots of factors at play here, so anyone who thinks it can be blamed on just one group; or that one group can save us really hasn't thought much about it.

I'm not voting labour: I remember them coming to power the year after I started driving, and gleefully anouncing their fuel-tax escalator to 'encourage' public transport usage, as well as a range of other tax rises across the board to increase public spending, though I don't recall seeing any benefits of that. Oh, and laws, lots of new laws, though some would have been mandated by the EU.

I'm also not likely to vote conservative: they may have been doing okay before Brexit (or at least I don't remember anything particular that was screwing me over back then), but since the referendum they seem to be more interested in who should be PM this week than actually running and improving the country in a way meaningful to the general public. Certainly the public don't feel they're listening, as evidenced in the recent elections. (edited)
12th May
Funny how you can so easily wave away the notion of voting Labour , but you’re “not likely” to vote Tory. This country has never been so bad, it’s like a Shakespeare play on a daily basis with the lying cheating and corruption, but vote Labour …never!!! The party that fund the NHS that looked out for the working man not the posh boys , the party that if you needed a dentist appointment it was never an issue , that brought in minimum wage to stop exploitation…I could go on, but we Never had it so good (and don’t try to use the World banking crisis) , but yeah you keep voting for the posh boys that give all your taxes to their billionaire mates , coz you don’t want to admit you got it wrong the last time you voted Tory
11th May
Problem with this book is that it's a partial review of his ideological beliefs. It's not a wholesome objective look at what happened. He was part of the breaking of Britain.

For good reason why would he want to explain how and why he and the UK state establishment did all it could to stop centre left social democrat Jeremy Corbyn.

In case you're not aware his politics sit between one nation Tories and Brexity folk.
21 h, 13 m ago
"centre left social democrat Jeremy Corbyn" Are you serious?
11th May
Absolute woke lefty, a quote from carol borderman on the front says it all.
19 h, 29 m ago
the old classic....define woke fella
12th May
I have a feeling this is left-wing that blames Brexit and who voted for it for everything.
12th May
Brexit was a lie pure and simple and by now everyone should realise that.

The same people that told lies about Brexit are now lying to you about leaving the ECHR which if anyone knows will do nothing to stop small boats and immigration and will in fact strip away everyone’s rights in this country. These are the rights YOU have in the ECHR, how many of you really want to give these up?,
13 h, 46 m ago
Why on earth would anyone buy this trash? Honestly the man is just dishonest and as biased as they come. Whats the point in reading it? At least buy something written which deploys fact and correct context.
21 m ago
Eagerly awaiting your in-depth analysis on precisely which parts of this book are "dishonest and biased" and your correction of them with honest and impartial alternative.
11th May
Cant trust a word this coward says when he stayed quiet over the firing of Sangita Myska
15 h, 13 m ago
Before Brexit, this tool was doing phone-ins about wheelie bins and potholes. Becoming chief mouthpiece for remoan has made him a fortune, he should be grateful for Brexit.
14 h, 41 m ago
Hey, you forgot to define woke from your previous comment!

Let us know what it means lad and why it's a problem
12th May
No need to read the book.
Brexit broke the country.
Before and after the referendum.
12th May

Totally agree, brexit was the biggest con of all time and the worst thing to happen to the uk.
11th May
Both parties are the same we should all show our contempt by boycotting the next election
11th May
Yeah that sort of logic is really gonna help.
11th May
I wouldn’t pay a penny for anything written by this man. He’s part of the problem not the solution. A horrible person.
39 m ago
Agreed he's a vile human being. A complete narcissist, full of self importance with no interest in others opinions (unless they match his extreme left idealistic viewpoint)
12th May

Let’s blame the Tory’s for a change eh, they are at fault. Vote them out. All of them.
12th May
I certainly trust the guy who hates the country and the indigenous people!
17 h, 56 m ago
Honestly, I'd probably check the sources of your information - its probably bankrolled by somewhere sunny.
11th May
The part missing from the title
How they broke Britain and how my radio station and I helped
18 h, 43 m ago
Getting in before the comments are turned off.

Whatever you think about Labour, we need to get the Tories out.

Mr J OB is the GOAT
13 h, 45 m ago
We need the Tories out, but we dont need Labour in and we certainly dont need to read O'Brien's dishonest trash.
17 h, 25 m ago
Thanks OP but I cannot watch, nor listen to James O Brien, without wanting to throw something at the TV or radio.
Obviously I have not read the book, but I would suggest that is people like him that is the reason why Britain is broken?
16 h, 56 m ago
Yep he's the reason.we've not got 40 more hospitals and the national debt has trebled, I'm glad you've set me straight, you sound like a true patriot
11th May
His monotone voice reminds me of Marvin the paranoid android from hitchhikers
11th May
I'm always bemused at the level of foresight people are claiming about events that will likely happen over the coming months.

But then I've also noticed that even the most ardent anti-Labour/Starmer people still can't quite bring themselves to say ".. so you're better off voting Conservative".
17 h, 54 m ago
When discussing the left's intellectual heavyweight, O'Brien , it's important to remind everyone of his unwavering support of the disgraced convicted fraudster Carl Beech.
spectator.co.uk/art…nt/
Yes it's The Spectator. Attempt to refute the content.
14 h, 45 m ago
"the left's intellectual heavyweight"

Think we're going to need a citation there fella. He's a radio presenter.

Nice strawman though!
12th May
11th May
Only book anyone should be reading at the moment is ‘180 Degrees’ - by Feargus O’Conner.
23 h, 46 m ago
👀 I came here for the comments and was not disappointed
23 h, 42 m ago
I'm beginning to think what I said on the thread about it was unfortunately true.
16 h, 38 m ago
Left, right, muddle; the only commonality is cultural and economic entropy. The depression that was due and papered over in 2008 never went away, it was just delayed and dragged out, stretching the paper (and currency, hence inflation) thinner and thinner.

Tread carefully. All the political adults have left the room and nobody wants to deal with long term truths, just short term blame and clumsy patchwork.
3 h, 47 m ago
Definitely not supporting the current Govt, but I found the author - James O'Brien and his father Jim to be agenda driven and dishonest to the core. The book obviously will be biased and full of vitriol. Not worth the buy.
19 m ago
Did you?

How, specifically?

And what revealed truth do you have to specifically correct those purported errors?
12th May
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19 h, 37 m ago
Not sure I need to read the book now after reading all these comments 🤭
19 h, 6 m ago
I only came here for the entertaining comments and you didn't disappoint
5 h, 10 m ago
The irony being that his extremely liberal attitude is the thing that's got us into the mess we're in.
21 m ago
Is it? How?
4 h, 27 m ago
Why are we taxpayers paying for a bunch of politiicians in half a dozen 'so called' different political parties whose main aim is to line their own pockets, whilst acting like silly little schoolboys and girls constantly having a pop at each others views?

You wouldn't run an efficient organisation like that.

Instead you would have a well incentivised executive board (government) containing people who would carry out the policies the majority set for them with the threat of the sack if they didn't work effectively to achieve their goals

Parliament is just a joke, and don't get me started on the House of Lords.....
3 h, 54 m ago
I thought, now that Britain has experienced the consequences of their induced choices, it will finally acknowledge the wrongdoings and learn on own mistakes. But reading the comments, one realizes there are plenty people who are not capable of critical thinking, factual analysis, and willing to re-assess their assumptions & own viewpoints. The indulgence of fantasizing about an unexisting reality overweights the pain of facing the harsh reality of the present. The fear of accepting a failure, and abandoning an ideological life-long comittment is too much. Its much more comfying to make yourself believe in whatever you want to believe, despite the practice and the facts annihilating entirely the foundation of that fake belief system. Moreover apart from the mental masturbation, these subjects end-up sustaining harm and loss in quality of life themselves, yet they still support the underlying causes behind this self harm & destruction.

Left/Right/Red/Green/Center these do not matter. There is no ideological commitment from any parties. What matters is the end Result. Judge the competence by that. Because:

"In Theory - there is no difference between Theory and Practice,
In Practice - there is"