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Actually edited by Iain Dale not 'unknown author'!

"The populists and the radicals will certainly not solve the problem for us. They may be good at marching and yelling, but time after time it becomes clear that they are utterly unsuited to govern societies"

"Just nineteen years after the Second World War, Japan had pulled off an economic miracle and revolutionised mass transport. Meanwhile, Britain was still manufacturing steam engines in Crewe"

"Engineers used English technology and English iron to build the lines - that's why, with a few exceptions, French trains on twin tracks still run on the left-hand side"

"By the end of January the British delegation had got through ten thousand bottles of wine"

I love a nice chunky political biography.

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"It's strange how the most dyed-in-the-wool tyrants still vaguely respect due process, as if they want to make it appear that they aren't abusing procedure, even while riding roughshod over every convention. It's as if power isn't enough for them, and that they take a special pleasure in forcing their enemies to perform, one last time and for their benefit, the same rituals that they are even then demolishing"

Quote "It's time that we - and by 'we' I don't just mean the general public but those that govern us too - viewed housing and having a roof over our heads as a fundamental right and instilled it into consciousness through investment and policy changes"

Repetition. David Peace uses a lot of repetition in his writing. Repetition. In his writing. Of repetition. A lot. Of repetition. It's a technique that he uses. The repetition. In his writing. A technique.

The first part of this novel reminds me in some ways of Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household.

I'm actually re-reading this. They need to add a 're-reading' option on here.