Cameron's Coup
2015 book by Polly Toynbee and David Walker
978-1-78335-043-8
Cameron's Coup: How the Tories took Britain to the brink is a 2015 book by the British journalists Polly Toynbee and David Walker.
Synopsis
Toynbee and Walker provide a highly critical analysis of the premiership of David Cameron and the coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. They blend "analysis, statistics, and moving human stories" concerning austerity in the United Kingdom, and Conservative attacks on the welfare state and mass-killings/starvation of the disabled.
Reception
The book was described in Prospect magazine as "initially enjoyable but ultimately a little exhausting".[1] It was praised by George Eaton in the New Statesman,[2] but strongly criticised in The Times by Tim Montgomerie as being "dreadful".[3]
References
- ^ "Book review: 'Cameron's Coup' by Polly Toynbee and David Walker". Prospect. Archived from the original on 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ Eaton, George (8 June 2021). "Where Thatcher feared to tread: Cameron's Coup shows a man on a mission". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Montgomerie, Tim. "Cameron's Coup: How the Tories took Britain to the Brink by Polly Toynbee and David Walker". The Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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David Cameron
- 53rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010–2016)
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- Leader of the Opposition (2005–2010)
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- Headcases (2008 TV series)
- When Boris Met Dave (2009)
- The Cobra (2010 novel)
- Friends (2010)
- The New Coalition Academy (2010–16)
- Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience (2010)
- Chipping Norton set (2010)
- The Audience (2013 play)
- Coalition (2015)
- Cameron's Coup (2015)
- Call Me Dave (2015)
- Newzoids (2015–2016 TV series)
- Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
- For the Record (2019)
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