The Death of Consensus

100 Years of British Political Nightmares

Phil Tinline

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English

C Hurst & Co
01 October 2022

History; Political structures: democracy

From the Great Depression to the pandemic, a new history of British democracy, revealing how politics is transformed through fear.

Over Britain’s first century of mass democracy, politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. How does this history of political agony illuminate our current age of upheaval?

To find out, journalist Phil Tinline takes us back to two past eras when the ruling consensus broke down, and the future filled with ominous possibilities – until, finally, a new settlement was born. How did the Great Depression’s spectres of fascism, bombing and mass unemployment force politicians to think the unthinkable, and pave the way to post-war Britain? How was Thatcher’s road to victory made possible by a decade of nightmares: of hyperinflation, military coups and communist dictatorship? And why, since the Crash in 2008, have new political threats and divisions forced us to change course once again?

Tinline brings to life those times, past and present, when the great compromise holding democracy together has come apart; when the political class has been forced to make a choice of nightmares. This lively, original account of panic and chaos reveals how apparent catastrophes can clear the path to a new era. The Death of Consensus will make you see British democracy differently.

By: Phil Tinline
Imprint: C Hurst & Co
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781787386907
ISBN 10: 1787386902
Pages: 472
Publication Date: 01 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Phil Tinline works for BBC Radio; he has made and presented many acclaimed documentaries about how political history shapes our lives. Formerly executive producer of Radio 4's award-winning investigative history series, Document, he has written for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph, BBC History Magazine and the New Statesman.

Reviews for The Death of Consensus: 100 Years of British Political Nightmares

'At last, an original big history of British politics in the last 100 years.' -- Sir Anthony Seldon, biographer of prime ministers and co-author of 'The Impossible Office?' 'A fascinating exploration of how politicians come to think the unthinkable, The Death of Consensus is essential reading for our age of permacrisis.' -- Helen Lewis, author of 'Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights'