Nick Cohen’s books are like the best Smiths songs; however depressing the content, the execution is so shimmering, so incandescent with indignation that the overall effect is transcendently uplifting
'A roaring polemic of outrage against the moral and political crisis of the liberal tradition. It is already one of the most discussed current affairs books of the new year…At the very least it forces anyone on the left to think carefully about where their movement has ended up in the modern world.' The Guardian
The reaction to the Labour leader’s conference speech is one of the strangest sights I have seen in many years. Granted that much of the public think Miliband a geek, and that his tight election made him a leader with precious little legitimacy, but the contempt that greeted his unexceptional remarks remains extraordinary. In a moderate manner, Miliband told a truth about Britain.