The Big Hippo Guide to Democracy, Referendums, General Elections ( and all that ) (Paperback) - Bob Marshall Andrews
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A brilliantly funny guide to how our democracy works or fails to work. What happens when your referendum goes haywire, your election fails to deliver and lies, truth and fake-news battle it out in cyber space to the cheers and tears of those grappling for power. All in the interest of the people...
The world of Westminster laid bare in cool, understated prose brimming with irony and complemented by Martin Rowson's sharp, satirical drawings.A brief guide to how democracy works, or fails to work. The big answers to all the questions you should have asked, but never did-but here it is: your guide to democracy, elections, referendums and what lurks in cyber space. The hilarious joint creation of Bob Marshall Andrews, author, barrister, former Labour MP for Medway, thorn in Tony Blair's side and multi award winning cartoonist Martin Rowson.
About the Author
Martin Rowson is a multi-award winning cartoonist and writer whose work has appeared regularly over the past 30 years in The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Mirror, The Independent on Sunday, The Irish Times, Time Out, Tribune, The Spectator, The New Statesman, Morning Star, The Daily Express and many other papers & periodicals. His books include graphic novelizations of The Waste Land, Tristram Shandy, and Gulliver's Travels, while Stuff, his memoir about clearing out his late parents' house, was long-listed for the 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. Bob Marshall-Andrews is a writer and criminal silk based in London. From 1997 to 2010 he was Labour MP for Medway. As a result of his relationship with New Labour, one magazine described him as `the thorn in Tony Blair's Red Rose'. His political memoir Off Message was published by Profile in 2011.
- Contributors:
- Bob Marshall Andrews, Martin Rowson
- Imprint:
- Everything with Words
- Publisher:
- Everything with Words
- Release Date:
- 12 Jul 2019
- Number of Pages:
- 48
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN13:
- 9781911427124
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