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He experienced the pain of working with Theresa May; was sacked and then rehired by Boris Johnson to advise on Covid; was at Balmoral when the Queen died; had a ringside seat for Liz Truss; was fired by Rishi Sunak and then latterly taken on by Keir Starmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story the politicians didn't want you to know. What are Larry the Cat and Dilyn the Dog really like? How did Charlotte Owen get a peerage? 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Given the state of the country right now, he would be in need of a long lie down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnother month, another prime minister - how many have we been through now? But fear not: despite all the nonsense that has spewed forth from Westminster over the past two years, John Crace's brilliantly lacerating political sketches have provided the nation with some desperately needed relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking in everything from Partygate, BoJo's drawn-out farewell and the disastrous reign of Liz Truss, to the psychodrama of the Tory leadership contest(s), the return of Rishi Sunak and the shenanigans of his impressively inept colleagues, \u003ci\u003eDepraved New World\u003c\/i\u003e is a worryingly funny collection which captures British politics at its most absurd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340723699948,"sku":"9781783352739","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26228013482822.jpg?v=1772166988"},{"product_id":"decline-and-fail-by-john-crace-9781783351930","title":"Decline and Fail","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOptimism, mojo, complete bollocks. That's what the country is crying out for.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is now only one certainty in life. When things can't possibly get worse, they absolutely will. And so, after three years of Maybot malfunctioning and Brexit bungling, welcome to BoJo the clown's national circus - where fun for none of the family is guaranteed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFear not, however: \u003cem\u003eDecline and Fail\u003c\/em\u003e is your personal survival guide to the ongoing political apocalypse. This unremittingly entertaining collection of John Crace's lifegiving political sketches will get you through the darkest of days - or failing that, will at least help you see the funny side. 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These doses of biting satire not only provided much-needed respite from the madness of it all, but also gave us his now notorious moniker for our automaton PM, the Maybot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eI, Maybot\u003c\/em\u003e, Crace introduces a curated selection of his most acerbic sketches, charting May's tumultuous premiership to date. 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Just listen to what the prime minister said in the morning and the opposite is likely to be true come the middle of the afternoon.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout another year of bluster and bedlam in Westminster, John Crace's brilliantly acerbic political sketches have once more provided the nation with a much-needed injection of humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Farewell to Calm\u003c\/i\u003e, Crace introduces an infectiously funny selection of his finest pieces from 2020-21, taking in everything from a summer of unfathomable U-turns to Christmas Covid confusion, and from lockdown-lifting to Brexit blithering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLed by Boris's poundshop Churchill tribute act, and featuring a cast of everyone's least favourite pantomime villains, from Classic Dom Cummings to Door Matt Hancock, the end result is a brilliantly entertaining chronicle of another tumultuous year on these benighted islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423706857708,"sku":"9781783352449","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81TxP3-iwwL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774428703"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/john-crace.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}