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

Reviews

brett

In the first 6 pages Alastair Campbell sums up the current state of British politics and democracy as we know it. For me, it's a 5-star book.

Chris Malone

But the intended readership is young people starting out on their journey of political activism. I agree, but speak to ME. .

Hopefully books like this will inspire a new generation of politicians in this country. 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. I applaud this, especially as the author is a self-confessed tech dinosaur. 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.

). Given my political views are similar to Alastair Campbell, I enjoyed much of his wry and realistic analysis of the world today.

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 . 'I am left wondering how many younger people will actually read this lengthy tome of gold dust. Even his new word 'persevilience' was a valuable addition to his arguments.