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NEW-Why We Get the Wrong Politicians
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352 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
About the author
Isabel Hardman
15 books52 followersIsabel Hardman is a political journalist and the assistant editor of The Spectator. In 2015, she was named Journalist of the Year at the Political Studies Association's annual awards.
She is the daughter of Michael Hardman, the first chairman and one of the four founders of the Campaign for Real Ale. She attended St Catherine's School, Bramley, and Godalming College, before graduating from the University of Exeter with a first class degree in English Literature in 2007. While at university, Hardman worked as a freelance journalist for The Observer. She completed a National Council for the Training of Journalists course at Highbury College in 2009.
Hardman began her career in journalism as a senior reporter for Inside Housing magazine. She then became assistant news editor at PoliticsHome. In September 2014, GQ magazine named her as one of their 100 most connected women in Britain, and in December 2015, she was named "Journalist of the Year" at the Political Studies Association's annual awards. She is currently the assistant editor of The Spectator, and writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph.
She appears on television programmes such as Question Time, This Week, The Andrew Marr Show and Have I Got News for You, and is a presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme Week in Westminster.
She hosts The Spectator Podcast.
She is the daughter of Michael Hardman, the first chairman and one of the four founders of the Campaign for Real Ale. She attended St Catherine's School, Bramley, and Godalming College, before graduating from the University of Exeter with a first class degree in English Literature in 2007. While at university, Hardman worked as a freelance journalist for The Observer. She completed a National Council for the Training of Journalists course at Highbury College in 2009.
Hardman began her career in journalism as a senior reporter for Inside Housing magazine. She then became assistant news editor at PoliticsHome. In September 2014, GQ magazine named her as one of their 100 most connected women in Britain, and in December 2015, she was named "Journalist of the Year" at the Political Studies Association's annual awards. She is currently the assistant editor of The Spectator, and writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph.
She appears on television programmes such as Question Time, This Week, The Andrew Marr Show and Have I Got News for You, and is a presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme Week in Westminster.
She hosts The Spectator Podcast.
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October 21, 2023
Informative, thoroughly thought through. Very eye-opening. Well put together using real MPs experiences and testaments
March 9, 2026
A very interesting read delving deeper into the passing comment of “They’re all the same!” so often made about politicians. It’s concerning just how effective Party machinery is at churning out loyal yes men/women over knowledgeable effective experts in scrutinising effective legislation. This also left me with an unexpected appreciation for role and effectiveness of the House of Lords.
February 24, 2024
An informative, entertaining and empathetic call for reforming the way parliamentary processes are organised and for opening up new paths to enable people from different strata to commit themselves to that rather tiresome grindmill that Westminster has come to be.
December 11, 2024
Short, sharp and straightforwardly factual, Hardman nails the essence of why parliamentary democracy is struggling in terms of the motivations of, and incentives for, those who self-select to participate. An essential primer on UK politics.
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