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WTF? :A Times top 10 bestseller
WTF? :A Times top 10 bestseller
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Published:
2 November, 2017
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There has been a people's revolt against the way the West has been run. Brexit, Trump, the recent British and French elections saw millions of people shouting that they were sick to death of things never getting better. In WTF Robert Peston gives us his highly personal account of what those who have ruled us for years got so badly wrong, and what we need to do to mend the terrible fractures in our society.
Peston wrote WTF because the election of Trump, the Corbyn surge, the vote for Brexit all challenged how he thought the world could and should be run. With characteristic passion and clarity he looks at how and whether it is possible to make a success of leaving the EU, what the lessons should be of the appalling Grenfell Tower tragedy, whether robots can be stopped from taking our work, what can be done to staunch the widening gap between rich and poor, how to raise living standards for all, and what must happen to prevent democracy being subverted by technocratic geniuses with the ability to manipulate social media.
These are the challenges of our age, because the combination of economic stagnation and a technological revolution is killing jobs, enriching the few and undermining the institutions we used to trust as the foundations of the state. What and who can we believe when it is almost impossible to know whether posts on Facebook and Twitter are hard news or the fabrication of a Russian agent?
As in his bestsellers, WHO RUNS BRITAIN? and HOW DO WE FIX THIS MESS?, Robert Peston draws on his years of experience as a political, economics and business journalist, to show us what has gone bad, and gives us a manifesto to put at least some of it right.
WTF is a trenchant, often entertaining account of the recent past. It is also a call to action, giving hope to all of us who believe that taking back control is not only vital, but possible.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781473661301 |
| ISBN10 | 1473661307 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 378 g |
| Product Dimensions | 162 x 235 x 21 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format | paperback |
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Author's Bio
Robert Peston is ITV's political editor, presenter of the politics show Peston, co-host of the podcast The Rest is Money and founder of the education charity, Speakers for Schools (www.speakers4schools.org). He has written seven books, including How Do We Fix This Mess?, Who Runs Britain?, Brown's Britain, WTF?, The Whistleblower and The Crash. For a decade until the end of 2015, he was at the BBC as economics editor and business editor. Peston has won more than 30 awards for his journalism, including Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year (twice) from the Royal Television Society. His blog is itv.com/robertpeston, and he is @Peston on Twitter.