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* THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER * 'A clinical and merciless account of Johnson's mendacity... gripping' Guardian When Peter Oborne wrote The Rise of Political Lying, looking at the growth of political falsehood under John Major and Tony Blair, he believed things had got as bad as they could be. With the arrival of Boris Johnson at No 10 in 2019 began a new and unprecedented epidemic of deceit. In The Assault on Truth, a short and powerful new polemic, Oborne shows how Boris Johnson lied again and again in order to secure victory so he could force through Brexit in the face of parliamentary opposition. Johnson and his ministers then lied repeatedly to win the general election in December 2019. The government's woeful response to the coronavirus pandemic has generated another wave of falsehoods, misrepresentations and fabrications. The scale and shamelessness of the lying of the Johnson administration far exceeds the lying about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and other issues under Tony Blair. This book argues that the ruthless use of political deceit under the Johnson government is part of a wider attack on civilised values and traditional institutions across the Western world, especially by Donald Trump in the USA. The Johnson and Trump methodology of deceit is about securing power for its own ends - even when they get exposed for lying, they shrug it off as a matter of no consequence. It matters because all Western institutions are built around the idea of integrity and accountability. This means that an assault on truth is an assault on the rule of law, state institutions and the fundamental idea of fairness, and even democracy itself.Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-139781398501003
eBay Product ID (ePID)8046627355
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SubjectGovernment
Publication Year2021
Number of Pages192 Pages
Publication NameThe Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter Oborne
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Width130 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPeter Oborne
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- 02 Jun, 2021
A book to make you think about totalitarianism and mob rule
It presents itself as a serious study of what is a very serious problem (the blurring of the meaning of 'truth') by including copious footnote 'proof' of every claim that something was a lie. The problem is that if two reports contradict each other you could decide to present either as the lie and the other as the proof that it was a lie. Nevertheless the problem is real. The book is hard to put down. As well as providing extra interest the footnotes are useful as padding of what is a short message: that you need to think about what happens to government/peace/war/power/obedience/social pressures if people do not recognise the same things as 'true'.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Apr, 2021
A rare, truthful, forensive exposure of our current corrupt government. Democracy stolen from us.
Very informative and forensically researched. Wish there was more of it. All voters in the UK need to read it if they believe in democracy and the basic values of honesty and integrity.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 14 Jul, 2021
A serious and necessary critique of the conduct off politics today
The book could not be more timely and important and the issues it raises should be examined much more publicly and widely than they are.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 19 May, 2021
Good and necessary read
This book is well worth reading. You have to remind yourself that it was written by a Daily Mail journalist who voted for Brexit. It lists all the lies that have been told. It would be interesting to take the topics further and understand more about what is going on behind the scenes but it is a good start.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Nov, 2023
great title
Great book good reading.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Jan, 2024
Great quality book !
Informative and enlightening a very good read thank you !Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Jan, 2024
The Trutth abot the Tory party
Should mandatort reading for all votersVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Aug, 2021
We’ll named
Could not put it down, we’ll researched with all references.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 03 May, 2024
Factual read
Great read totally fact checked contentVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Jul, 2021
Bitty mess well intentioned
Bitty list but the intention is good.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
