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How to be Right: The Essential Guide to Making Lefty Liberals History [Paperback]

James Delingpole (Author)
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Publication Date: 8 Mar 2007
As a journalist for the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator, James Delingpole has expressed his thoughts - articulately and amusingly - on everything from politics to popular music, from school sports days to spliffs. If you've thought about it, he's written about it. In this A-Z collection of brief essays he turns his lively mind to modern society gone mad. And what he discovers is that the older you get, the more mad it seems.

Can't understand what's wrong with much-loved feet and inches? Don't believe the global-warming hype? Wondering what ever happened to good, old-fashioned universities? Well, join James's club. Pouring scorn on the state of Britain after a decade of Blair and Brown, How to be Right couldn't have come along at a more appropriate time. Prepare to foam and splutter, and to be seriously entertained.

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  • Paperback: 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: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
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'(This) book has wit and boundless energy and is a thousand times better than the books of Clarkson' -- Marcus Berkmann, The Spectator

'Gloriously funny' -- Daily Telegraph

'My friends, you've got to read this'
-- Daniel Hannan MEP --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Does political correctness drive you crazy? Do barmy health and safety regulations, breeding speed cameras and non-competitive sports days get your goat? Wondering exactly when rock stars became our only hope for world peace? And why, if a child in Africa dies every time Bono claps his hands, he can't just ruddy stop it? Frank, fearless and funny, HOW TO BE RIGHT is a riotous A-Z romp through everything that's wrong with modern Britain and its dark forces of PC. From car crime to compensation culture, to vegans and victims, prepare to foam and splutter. Prepare to laugh darkly. Prepare to take no prisoners. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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46 of 58 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Right on! 21 Mar 2007
By Mr. H. Morrison
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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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Right to rant 5 Mar 2007
By Flintlock
Format:Paperback
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.
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39 of 52 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars How to win 4 Aug 2007
By Stephen Reed
Format:Paperback
From global warming, education, fair trade, live aid, hospitals, the welfare state, this book is a handy compilation and summary of everything you've thought was wrong in the last ten years of rampant socialism in the UK.

While nothing at all will be new to readers it is exactly what it says on the tin; "The essential guide to making lefty liberals history".

It is the kind of Conservatism that excites and amuses and is strangely alluring in its subversiveness. Exactly what Conservatism needs to appeal to the broader base that Cameron has so lamentably failed to locate and capture.

I've have read just about everything from Melanie Phillips and Civitas and all the other usual suspects in the field of Conservative contrarianism and while all of which is on reasonably solid ground, nothing makes you feel you're on the winning side quite like this book.

In this ponderous age where the Conservative Party has all but abandoned us, what is needed more than anything is an appealing and more crucially, accessible vision of Conservatism that really communicates with the internet ravaged, attention deficit disorder generation. This is it.

Cameron is right in trying to appeal to the young and trendy but if only he would do as Delingpole has and appeal to young and trendy Conservatives.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun stuff and asabonus it annoys lefties
A good read that you will polish off in a single bus ride and if you are young or stupid you might actually learn something.
Published 18 months ago by josephus
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, entertaining reference on the absurdities of PC Britain.
This alphabetically arranged reference, written from a mainly right wing, sarcastic perspective by James Delingpole, explores some of the absurdities of politically correct... Read more
Published 20 months ago by S. M. Loveland
1.0 out of 5 stars Would only appeal to any remaining disciples of the National Front
I think even the BNP would think this monstrosity of a book is a little extreme. Adds nothing to the debate, but rather makes cheap jokes based on untrue left-wing stereotypes... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Edward
4.0 out of 5 stars An easy read
Yes, it is how to be right. Mostly. I thought it would be an instruction manual in logical fallacies. Read more
Published on 16 May 2011 by Adfitz
5.0 out of 5 stars A book of amusing home truths
Well written with tongue in cheek. But essentially true. However books like this do age rather quickly as "liberal" (social democrat, social liberal, liberal socialist etc)... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2011 by horseman
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Unlike many reviews I'm not here to rant on my political persuasions but merely the book, which I found to be disappointing to say the least. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2011 by Ben Hobbs
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent policy review which Nick Clegg should read ASAP
Excellent, entertaining, and funny: reminds me of reading Dr Sam Johnson's Dictionary for the first time. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2011 by Mr. N. B. Cook
3.0 out of 5 stars Basically, it's just a list.
I notice that one reviewer has noted in this book's praise that '...it can be read quickly..' I think that's one of its best features; thank goodness it's not any longer. Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2011 by D. Rice
1.0 out of 5 stars Surly...
there must be a book written on how to be rid of these sub human right wingers once an for all before they destroy the constitution, america- and the world-and pave the way for the... Read more
Published on 3 April 2010 by Mark C.
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read
An entertaining book that can be read quickly.
It suffers a little from the reader never quite being sure how serious the author is. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2009 by Charles
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