But What Can I Do?: Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It

Reviews

Chris Malone

Even his new word 'persevilience' was a valuable addition to his arguments. For me, it's a 5-star book.

brett

He then lays out a plan on how we/I can do to change it. In the first 6 pages Alastair Campbell sums up the current state of British politics and democracy as we know it. But this wasn't made clear to me, a jaded older reader, so that I was deep into the book before I started thinking, 'Great.

His explanation of polarising populism across different countries (not only Trump and Johnson) is engaging, as is his exposure of the corruption of truth. ). Given my political views are similar to Alastair Campbell, I enjoyed much of his wry and realistic analysis of the world today. .

I agree, but speak to ME. Hopefully books like this will inspire a new generation of politicians in this country.

I applaud this, especially as the author is a self-confessed tech dinosaur. 'I am left wondering how many younger people will actually read this lengthy tome of gold dust.

His exploration of leadership is refreshing, as is his urge to authenticity (don't become a banker, work for a charity on a much lower wage . But the intended readership is young people starting out on their journey of political activism.

His structure reminded me of one of my top reads of recent years, The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg: analyse the problem, then help the reader to become engaged as an activist.