- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Icon Books Ltd; illustrated edition edition (1 May 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840468785
- ISBN-13: 978-1840468786
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 129,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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New Labour surged to power eleven years ago on the promise to be 'whiter than white', but their record in office and abuse of trust have proved a bitter disappointment for millions who believed this pledge to clean up politics.Martin Bell, a journalist whose career has been made reporting from the world's unquiet corners, and one-time Independent MP elected on an anti-sleaze platform, asks - what went wrong? Wide-ranging and pulling no punches, "The Truth That Sticks" is a crushing analysis of a decade of deception, dishonesty and abuse of power, delivered with precision and great passion.It is a book that only Martin Bell could have written, and, as Martin's new postscript shows, it's a critique just as relevant now with Gordon Brown in charge.
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Martin Bell OBE has covered assignments for the BBC in more than 80 countries and eleven wars, including Bosnia, where millions watched as he was nearly killed by shrapnel. In 1997 Martin became the first independent MP to be elected to Parliament since 1950.
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An absorbing if sometimes depressing (due to the subject matter) read. After the first few chapters I began to realise how much I've been numbed by politicians' casual disregard for the offices they hold, to the extent that I've scarcely noticed recent flagrant breaches. One of things I think Bell does very well is to link this moral vacuity with the tragic consequences in Iraq and Afganistan. Cash for honours and sexed up documents are not victimless crimes. This is not a book about moral philosophy but about how the world is becoming a more dangerous place because politicians are becoming more insular and self serving. I don't agree with everything he says and in some chapters I'd have liked more detail (eg. Afganistan). Ultimately though it is a book that asks questions not only of our politicians but also of ourselves. What can we do ?
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