- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review (8 Mar 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755315901
- ISBN-13: 978-0755315901
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 234,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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37 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Right on!,
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This review is from: How to be Right: The Essential Guide to Making Lefty Liberals History (Hardcover)
A refreshing antidote to the liberal/left's domination of contemporary intellectual culture, this book takes a hilarious stab at all that's wrong with modern Britain: anti-smoking hysteria; health and safety fixations; the BBC's obsession with Muslims and the middle east; trendy teachers; and posits the amusing theory that Mark Steele and Mark Thomas are essentially the same person.
It's not just a 'grumpy old men/Daily Mail' style rant though - amid the humour Mr Delingpole makes a serious plea for the rights of the individual in an increasingly restrictive society. Yes the humour is a bit below the belt in places and there is a feeling that Mr Delingpole turns into 'disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' at one or two points, but this is merely the same hypberbole that has kept left-wing comedians in business for years. My one criticism would be the lack of references, which is why I have not given the book five stars. I know it's a humorous book rather than a serious political treatise, but without proper references it's too easy for critics to dismiss some of the material as right-wing scaremongering. If you think modern society has gone mad, you'll love this book. If you read the Guardian and think that the BBC is an impartial, middle of the road organisation, you probably won't!
39 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Right to rant,
By Flintlock (Worcester, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to be Right: The Essential Guide to Making Lefty Liberals History (Hardcover)
With Tony Blair so firmly pinned against the ropes at the moment it seems almost cruel for James Delingpole to step into the ring and give him such a pasting, but what he has to say needs saying and you can only hope this helps see Blair on his way.
As someone who feels no more guilty about Slavery than I do about the Norman conquest it is deeply refreshing to read well-informed argument that backs up my own views and gives me added ammunition in my tireless battle against Annoying Lefty Friends. One of the joys of this book is how it is so calculated to wind up humourless hand-wringing liberal left eco-warriors. You don't have to look far for evidence of this. This is a book you dip in and out of, a cathartic book that you can turn to in times of Left-induced rage, as you watch everything that was once great about this country gurgle down the plug hole that is 10 years of New Labour.
17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very very funny,
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This review is from: How to be Right: The Essential Guide to Making Lefty Liberals History (Hardcover)
"I think that anybody who finds themselves in agreement with this sort of writing needs to think very carefully about themselves. From expirience, I would say that you are likely to be arrogant, ignorant, highly inflated and have no genuine concern for anything or anyone that does not affect you. In short, you are thick. I'm sorry but I'm afraid it's the truth."
From experience I would say that you don't get asked to many parties, Mr T. The only problem with this book is that it isn't long enough. Suggestions for a second edition - right-on 'staff picks' in bookshops, (especially if it's Chomsky); and the ghastly semi-Christian piety of 'liberals', especially when projecting their own personality on to their opponent(see above).
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