{"product_id":"9781789540994","title":"Heroic Failure : Brexit and the Politics of Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): O'Toole, Fintan, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/09\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Head of Zeus,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Head of Zeus,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Brexit\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781789540994\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA fierce, mordantly funny and perceptive book about the act of national self-harm known as Brexit. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA great democratic country tears itself apart, and engages in the dangerous pleasures of national masochism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrivial journalistic lies became far from trivial national obsessions; the pose of indifference to truth and historical fact came to define the style of an entire political elite; a country that once had colonies redefined itself as an oppressed nation requiring liberation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFintan O'Toole also discusses the fatal attraction of heroic failure, once a self-deprecating cult in a hugely successful empire that could well afford the occasional disaster. Now failure is no longer heroic - it is just failure, and its terrible costs will be paid by the most vulnerable of Brexit's supporters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new afterword lays out the essential reforms that are urgently needed if England is to have a truly democratic future and stable relations with its nearest neighbours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021858799769,"sku":"9781789540994","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781789540994.jpg?v=1602539829","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781789540994","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}