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Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics

My Life as an MP

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 ‘This book is here to take you inside the daily realities of Westminster. I don’t mean that it’s going to bore you to death with a blow by blow account of what it’s like to sit on the Statutory Instrument Debate on Naval regulations 1968-2020 – but to demystify the places and practice of politics.’

From agonising decisions on foreign air strikes to making headlines about orgasms, from sitting in on history-making moments at the UN to eating McCain potato smiles at a black-tie banquet in China, the life of a politician is never dull. And it’s also never been more important. But politics is far bigger than Westminster, and in this book Jess Phillips makes the compelling case for why now, more than ever, we all need to be a part of it.

With trademark humour and honesty, Jess Phillips lifts the lid on what a career in politics is really like and why it matters – to all of us. This is the inside story of what’s really going on.
©2021 Jess Phillips (P)2021 Simon & Schuster UK Europe Politics & Government World
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As someone who did not grow up in the uk, I had no idea how the political system worked and wrongly felt that it is better left for those who like fighting and disappointment. But I listened to this book in two sessions because I could not stop listening once I started. It is a brilliantly insightful book written with honesty and character. I realise now that on election day everyone has a chance to take part, but not only then, we all can get involved in different ways to help get our country to where we want it to be. The book is honest about the ugly side of politics, yet it is at the same time engaging and hopeful about the power of democracy. A must read (listen) for all of us who think politics are for ‘them’ not us.

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