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Trust Me, I'm Not A Politician
On sale
14th November 2019
Price: £6.99
In an age where more British people believe in aliens than trust our politicians, Dorothy Byrne asks the question: what went wrong and how can our trust in democracy and public life be regained? In this scintillating essay, nothing and no one escapes Byrne’s razor-sharp wit as she takes on the politicians avoiding rigorous journalistic scrutiny, explores the pitfalls of impartiality, imagines what Plato might say to Trump – and calls out plenty of sexist bastards along the way. This is a ferocious, frank, and often wildly funny attempt to separate the truth from the lies at a time of national crisis.
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Reviews
I HAVE NEVER AGREED WITH ANYONE MORE.
Searing, funny, taking no prisoners about everything from sexism, ageism, menopause, Me Too, the narrow make-up of the media to attacks on democracy. Dorothy Byrne is my new hero.
YOU SHOULD READ IT NOW. It's utterly brilliant. I want to be exactly like her when I grow up.'
Funny, important and savage about everyone from Corbyn and Johnson to her ridiculous sexist bosses when she started out.'
Furious, funny, opinionated, interesting.
Just brilliant. Every hard-earned word.'
A masterclass in caustic and at times self-deprecating wit'
What a privilege for a therapist to be given permission to share such a journey. It provoked so many thoughts and byways of the heart and mind... I loved and admired it.