TORY NATION: HOW ONE PARTY TOOK OVER (HB)

Since 2010, the Conservative Party has presided over countless corruption scandals, blundered its way through a pandemic and trapped Britain in a cycle of permanent dysfunction, yet this has coincided with four election wins in a row, each one with a larger share of the vote than the last. Samuel Earle sets out to solve this puzzle and with dazzling clarity and insight, he explores the roots of the current crisis and the real reasons for the Conservatives' success, from their ruling class origins in the eighteenth century and their disproportionate influence on the British press to their stranglehold over national identity. He also sheds light on the Conservatives' historic appeal among the working classes and why the Labour Party so often disappoints.