Who Says Politics is Boring?

6th bestselling title at the Conservative Party Conference 2007
Adam Smith Institute Book of the Week December 2007

You're either interested in politics or you're not, aren't you?. Not as far as I am concerned. Politics is too important to be handed over to politicians, hangers-on and professional voyeurs in the media

Politipedia (ISBN 9781905641338) brings politics back to the people by showing that the subject is broader, more intelligible and more entertaining than it is often portrayed. The pursuit of power is anything but dull or irrelevant.

The book is a dippable, browsable A-Z of curious, illuminating and/or amusing stuff . It's factual, punchy and fun at the same time.

Some items are certainly trivial – how kids get their first inklings of politics – but there are some serious, provocative questions addressed:

• what does it really mean when we talk of someone dressing to the politcal right or left?
• Who's really got the power in modern Britain?
• What do all those millions and billions in the budget mean? supposing they could be summed up in a back-of-the-envelope calculation.
• Is the monarchy as apolitical as it claims to be?

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Last updated January 2008.
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