The scathing insider story of our ruined politics by the former minister and co-host of the podcast The Rest Is Politics. "The most remarkable political memoir I've ever read" ALAN JOHNSON "An instant classic" MARINA HYDE "At last, a politician who can write" SEBASTIAN FAULKS.
Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from political outsider to prime minister candidate – before being ousted from a Conservative Party he barely recognized. Unflinching, candid and darkly humorous, this is his tale of the challenges, misconceptions and realities of political life. Immediately hailed as a new classic, it is an astonishing portrait of our turbulent times.
"Truly eye-opening… always gripping, often terrifying" iNEWS "Beautifully written" GUARDIAN "Highly entertaining" EVENING STANDARD.
Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 2024 by the BRITISH BOOK AWARDS. * Book of the Year for FT, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, TIMES, OBSERVER, i NEWSPAPER, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT, CHURCH TIMES and SCOTSMAN. * Politics on the Edge was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller from 09.09.23 to 16.09.23, 09.12.23 to 16.12.23, 30.12.23 to 06.01.24 and 11.06.24 to 25.06.24.