...and what do you do? : what the royal family don't want you to know
Book |
Biteback Publishing,
London :
c2019.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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About
The royal family is the original Coronation Street - a long-running soap opera with the occasional real coronation thrown in. Its members have become celebrities, like upmarket versions of film stars and footballers. But they have also become a byword for arrogance, entitlement, hypocrisy and indifference to the gigantic amount of public money wasted by them. The monarchy itself is an important part of our constitution with considerable influence on the kind of nation we are. Yet you will struggle to find much in the way of proper journalism that examines the monarchy in the way that their position and influence merit. Instead, we are fed a constant diet of sickeningly obsequious coverage which reports their activities with breathless and uncritical awe. In this book, former government minister Norman Baker argues that the British public deserves better than this puerile diet.
Details
- ISBN: 9781785904912
- Physical Description: x, 390 pagesprint
- Publisher: London : Biteback Publishing, c2019.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: And what do you do? -- The name game -- Germany calling -- L'État, c'est moi -- Heralds triumph -- Doing the honours -- The powers behind the throne -- Unequal before the law -- Where there's a will -- The Royal Mint -- Duchies all to original -- Costing the earth -- Charity begins at home -- The Grand Old Duke of Sleaze -- The royal free -- Killer whales -- We are not amused -- The royal box of tricks -- Weak at the knees -- The Fab Four : tomorrow never knows -- On your bike.