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

Reviews

brett

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 . Given my political views are similar to Alastair Campbell, I enjoyed much of his wry and realistic analysis of the world today. Even his new word 'persevilience' was a valuable addition to his arguments.

Chris Malone

But the intended readership is young people starting out on their journey of political activism. I applaud this, especially as the author is a self-confessed tech dinosaur. He then lays out a plan on how we/I can do to change it.

). 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. For me, it's a 5-star book. His explanation of polarising populism across different countries (not only Trump and Johnson) is engaging, as is his exposure of the corruption of truth.

In the first 6 pages Alastair Campbell sums up the current state of British politics and democracy as we know it. .