{"product_id":"9781472127365-patronising-bastards","title":"Patronising Bastards","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the Elites Betrayed Britain\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e50 People Who Buggered Up Britain\u003c\/i\u003e, Quentin Letts,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecomes his blistering new book on how Britain's out-of-touch, illiberal elite fills its boots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e50 People Who Buggered Up Britain\u003c\/i\u003e, Quentin Letts, comes his blistering new book on how Britain's out-of-touch, illiberal elite fills its boots.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'HILARIOUS' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With its vicious takedowns, Quentin Letts' laugh-out-loud \u003ci\u003ePatronising Bastards \u003c\/i\u003ewill have the lefty-elite running scared' \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot since Marie Antoinette said 'Let them eat cake' have the peasants been so revolting. Western capitalism's elites are bemused: Brexit, Trump, and maybe more eruptions to follow. But their rulers were so good to them! Hillary Clinton called the ingrates 'a basket of deplorables', Bob Geldof flicked them a V sign, Tony Blair thought voters too thick to understand the question. Wigged judges stared down their legalistic noses at a surging, pongy populous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese people who know best, these snooterati with their faux-liberal ways, are the 'Patronising Bastards'. Their downfall is largely of their own making - their Sybaritic excesses, an obsession with political correctness, the prolonged rape of reason and rite. You'll find these self-indulgent show-ponys not just in politics and the cloistered old institutions but also in high fashion, football, among the clean-eating foodies and at the Baftas and Oscars, where celebritydom hires PR smoothies to massage reputations and mislead, distort, twist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical columnist and bestselling author Quentin Letts identifies these condescending creeps and their networks, their methods and their dubious morals. Letts kebabs them like mutton. It's baaaahd. It's juicy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Branson, Emma Thompson, Shami Chakrabarti, Jean-Claude Juncker and any head waiter who calls you 'young man' - this one's for you!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450665578870,"sku":"9781472127365","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28369093.jpg?v=1760453750","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472127365-patronising-bastards","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}