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davidgilani 's review for:
Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole
Very different and interesting take on Brexit (from an Irish perspective).
I can see how people who voted leave might just hate this book. It starts from a point / argument that Britain has developed a national identity where it wants to see itself as the victim and then works backwards from that to show how the Brexit vote was almost inevitable.
Very interesting perspective and lots of great points made. I kinda wish that it focused on the role of the media a bit more - I felt like it gave too much power to the voice of Boris Johnson and other Conservative party members... when actually, they were in most cases just doing whatever Murdock wanted them to do because they knew anything else would be political suicide.
I can see how people who voted leave might just hate this book. It starts from a point / argument that Britain has developed a national identity where it wants to see itself as the victim and then works backwards from that to show how the Brexit vote was almost inevitable.
Very interesting perspective and lots of great points made. I kinda wish that it focused on the role of the media a bit more - I felt like it gave too much power to the voice of Boris Johnson and other Conservative party members... when actually, they were in most cases just doing whatever Murdock wanted them to do because they knew anything else would be political suicide.