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<p><b>The searing inside story of our broken politics from the former Cabinet minister and co-host of <i>The Rest Is Politics</i>.</b></p><p><br> <b>‘The most exceptional political memoir I’ve ever read’</b><br> ALAN JOHNSON<br><br> <b>‘An instant classic’</b><br>MARINA HYDE<br><br> <b>‘At last a politician who can write’</b><br>SEBASTIAN FAULKS<br><br> Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister – before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise.<br><br> Uncompromising, honest and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life. Instantly praised as a new classic, it is an astonishing portrait of our turbulent times.<br><br> <b>‘Genuinely eye-opening...always riveting, often horrifying’</b><br> <i>iNEWS</i><br><br> <b>‘Beautifully written’</b><br> <i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br> <b>‘Hugely entertaining’</b><br> <i>EVENING STANDARD</i><br><br> <b>BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024</b><br><br> <b>* A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE <i>FT</i>, <i>GUARDIAN</i>, <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i>, <i>TELEGRAPH</i>, <i>TIMES</i>, <i>OBSERVER</i>, <i>i NEWSPAPER</i>, <i>NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT, CHURCH TIMES</i> AND <i>SCOTSMAN</i> *</b><br><br> <i>Politics on the Edge </i>was a #1 <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller from 09.09.23–16.09.23, 09.12.23–16.12.23, 30.12.23–06.01.24 and 11.06.24—25.06.24.<br></p>