The Dictionary of Political Bullshit - Couverture rigide

Webb, Nick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1906779821 ISBN 13 : 9781906779825

Editeur : JR Books Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Politics these days is all about PR, spin, evading answers and presenting facts, figures, legislation – and pretty much everything – in some kind of special code. This is a language so bland, so boring, so utterly drained of responsibility and full of obfuscation and cliché that it washes over us like a comforting warm tide of custard. Business as usual, we think, and quietly go to sleep.

However, in this perfect antidote to politics, Nick Webb takes a wry and irreverent look at what lies behind the spin, cliché s, and euphemisms used in politics by everyone from the county councillor to our beloved Prime Minster.

With a dry wit and a sharp pen, The Dictionary of Political Bullshit debunks the oft-heard rhetoric for all those befuddled, baffled and maybe even a bit bored with all the political jargon that we face every day.

Subversive, opinionated, and a bit stroppy, this is the essential tool to make sense of modern politics – make sure you’ ve got your copy before you vote.

Nick Webb’ s previous books include A Dictionary of Bullshit, A Book of Insults and the autobiography of his friend Douglas Adams.

Accountability (noun) A mysterious quality claimed by many but demonstrated by none.

Zombie debtors (noun) Bankers use this term for the living dead who will never be able to repay their debts.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Politics these days is all about PR, spin, evading answers and presenting facts, figures, legislation and pretty much everything really in some kind of special code. That we mere mortals should understand politics is dangerous for the politicians. And the best way to keep us torpid is by using a language so bland, so boring, so utterly drained of responsibility and full of obfuscation and cliche that it washes over us like a comforting warm tide of custard. Business as usual, we think, and quietly go to sleep again. Luckily, Nick Webb has come up with the perfect antidote. Now more than ever in this election year, it is the time to decode the bull and see what lies behind the language of the politicians and their hangers-on. The Dictionary of Political Bull is a cast-iron, heavy-duty bull detector. Subversive, opinionated, irreverent and a bit stroppy, it is the essential tool to make sense of modern politics make sure you've got your copy before you vote. Nick Webb's previous books include A Dictionary of Bull, A Book of Insults and the autobiography of his friend Douglas Adams. Cosmopolitan (adjective) In Russia this is code for Jewish. In the USA it is code for smart-alec East Coast liberals possibly also Jewish.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: JR Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906779821
• ISBN 13: 9781906779825
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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