{"product_id":"bloody-panico-or-whatever-happened-to-the-tory-party","title":"Bloody Panico!: or, Whatever Happened to The Tory Party","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most successful political party in history?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tory Party has been in power for eighty-five of the past 135 years. In 2019 they won their largest parliamentary majority in more than three decades. They have had a long way to fall since, and they've done it at incredible speed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Geoffrey Wheatcroft shows, we have witnessed not simply the collapse of the party but the shattering of its very foundations. \u003ci\u003eBloody \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePanico!\u003c\/i\u003e opens the sorry tale with the Tories' return to power in 2010, with 'Call Me Dave'\u003cbr\u003eCameron at the helm. The turmoil of the referendum followed, as Boris championed a Leave campaign he didn't believe in for supporters with no clear idea what they were demanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the pantomime of Boris, Truss's kamikazee premiership, and the squirming managerial tedium of Sunak, the party is riven by resentment and confusion. It is a maelstrom of petty and shameless in-fighting. The Tories' ancient instinct for survival has deserted them, along with any shred of concern for public well-being.\u003cbr\u003eThe next general election could see them cast into the wilderness for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeading political commentator Geoffrey Wheatcroft argues that this is an existential crisis for the party, a tipping point in British political history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 176 pages | Published May 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63997252501853,"sku":"9781804295755","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/bloody-panico-or-whatever-happened-to-the-tory-party","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}