Good Chaps (Paperback)
How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It
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From the bestselling author of Chums, a powerful analysis of how corruption shapes British politics
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'At a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics - he is brutally honest about our problems but never loses hope that we can build a better democracy' Rory Stewart
'An intelligible, compelling and enraging narrative ... how the Good Chaps get away with it' New Statesman
The 'Good Chaps' theory holds that those who rise to power in the UK can be trusted to follow the rules and do the right thing. They're good chaps, after all. Yet Britain appears to have been taken over by bad chaps, and politics is awash with financial scandals, donors who have practically bought shares in political parties, and a shameless contempt for the rules.
Simon Kuper, author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Chums, exposes how corruption took control of public life, and asks: how can we get politicians to behave like good chaps again?
Good Chaps (Ebook)
How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It
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From the bestselling author of Chums, a powerful analysis of how corruption shapes British politics
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'At a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics - he is brutally honest about our problems but never loses hope that we can build a better democracy' Rory Stewart
'An intelligible, compelling and enraging narrative ... how the Good Chaps get away with it' New Statesman
The 'Good Chaps' theory holds that those who rise to power in the UK can be trusted to follow the rules and do the right thing. They're good chaps, after all. Yet Britain appears to have been taken over by bad chaps, and politics is awash with financial scandals, donors who have practically bought shares in political parties, and a shameless contempt for the rules.
Simon Kuper, author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Chums, exposes how corruption took control of public life, and asks: how can we get politicians to behave like good chaps again?
Good Chaps (Audiobook)
How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It
Buy from
From the bestselling author of Chums, a powerful analysis of how corruption shapes British politics
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'At a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics – he is brutally honest about our problems but never loses hope that we can build a better democracy' Rory Stewart
'An intelligible, compelling and enraging narrative … how the Good Chaps get away with it' New Statesman
The 'Good Chaps' theory holds that those who rise to power in the UK can be trusted to follow the rules and do the right thing. They're good chaps, after all. Yet Britain appears to have been taken over by bad chaps, and politics is awash with financial scandals, donors who have practically bought shares in political parties, and a shameless contempt for the rules.
Simon Kuper, author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Chums, exposes how corruption took control of public life, and asks: how can we get politicians to behave like good chaps again?
Reviews for Good Chaps
Rory Stewart, co-host of The Rest is Politics
'Best summer books of 2024' Financial Times
Will Dunn New Statesman
Matthew D'Ancona New European
Tom Baldwin, author Keir Starmer: The Biography
Sunday Times
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James O'Brien
Alastair Campbell
Matthew Parris
Lynn Barber Spectator
Matthew Syed Sunday Times
Patrick Cockburn i Paper
Patrick Cockburn i Paper
Simon Kuper
Simon Kuper is a British author and journalist for the Financial Times. Kuper was born in Uganda of South African parents in 1969, and moved to the Netherlands as a child. He studied History and German at Oxford University, and attended Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar. He has written for the Observer, The Times and the Guardian, and also writes regularly for Dutch newspapers. He lives in Paris with his family.
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