The searing inside story of our broken politics from the former Cabinet minister and co-host of The Rest Is Politics.
Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister โ before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise.
Uncompromising, honest and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life. Instantly praised as a new classic, it is an astonishing portrait of our turbulent times.
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
โRory Stewartโs Politics on the Edge digs deeper than most. As well as a fascinating insider account of the Cameron-May-Johnson premierships, it is a scathing portrait of our flawed political system and a โrebarbative professionโ that, despite Stewartโs appetite for public service, chewed him up and spat him outโ GUARDIAN
โGenuinely eye-opening...always riveting, often horrifyingโ
iNEWS
โHugely entertainingโ
EVENING STANDARD
โThe most exceptional political memoir Iโve ever readโ
ALAN JOHNSON
โAn instant classicโ
MARINA HYDE
โAt last a politician who can writeโ
SEBASTIAN FAULKS
* A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FT, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, TIMES, OBSERVER, i NEWSPAPER, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT, CHURCH TIMES AND SCOTSMAN *
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