Britain Needs Change

The Politics of Hope and Labour's Challenge

Gerry Hassan

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Biteback Publishing
01 March 2025

Politics & government

After 14 years of Conservative government

combined with Brexit, a global pandemic, the rise of a populist far right and the existential threat of climate change

many see Britain as undergoing serious social, economic and cultural decline.

This is the context in which Labour will take office at Westminster after a decade and a half in opposition. With recent ways of doing politics, government and statecraft in crisis, how can a serious, humane alternative emerge?

What scale and type of change is coming next, and will it be for the better?

All this raises serious questions about the future of the UK and its constituent nations, Labour's ability to govern progressively, and an incoming government's confidence and capacity to take on the entrenched vested interests of present-day Britain, while also having an honest, mature conversation with the public and its own supporters about the nature of these challenges.

In Britain Needs Change some of our best thinkers and commentators dissect the challenges facing the new government in a series of wide-ranging, penetrative essays. Featuring contributions from Helena Kennedy, John Curtice, John Harris, Neal Lawson, Caroline Lucas, Aditya Chakrabortty, Ann Pettifor, Gavin Esler, Hillary Cottam, Sunder Katwala, Savitri Hensman, Fintan O'Toole, Andrew Gamble and Jonathan Freedland among others, this is required reading for whoever seeks to run Britain.

By: Gerry Hassan
Imprint: Biteback Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781785909344
ISBN 10: 1785909347
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Gerry Hassan is a writer and commentator. His PhD was on the Scottish political commentariat and its relationship with the public sphere. He is the author and editor of over twenty books on Scottish and British politics, social change, policy and ideas. These include The Strange Death of Labour Scotland (with Eric Shaw), Caledonian Dreaming: The Quest for a Different Scotland and Independence of the Scottish Mind: Elite Narratives, Public Spaces and the Making of a Modern Nation. Simon Barrow is Director of the beliefs, ethics and politics think tank Ekklesia.

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Britain Needs Change

The Politics of Hope and Labour's Challenge

Gerry Hassan

$57.99

Hardback

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