The Plot

Name: The Plot
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Nadine Dorries
ISBN: 9780008623456

Author: Nadine Dorries

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 11/16/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Political Biography, Political Science, Corruption & Misconduct, Political Process, Political Ideologies

Synopsis

‘A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on the tawdry world of Westminster powerbroking’ Tim Shipman, YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE ELECTED ARE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE. THINK AGAIN. When Boris Johnson came to power in 2019, he did so with the largest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher. Rewriting the political map, he united a party and shattered Labour’s fabled red wall. And yet, just three years later, he was ousted by the same members who had once greeted his leadership so rapturously. What had gone so wrong? The Plot is the seismic, fly-on-the-wall account of how the saviour of the Conservative Party became a pariah. Told with unparalleled access, from multiple inside sources talking with astonishing candour, it reveals the shocking truth about powerful forces operating behind the scenes in the heart of Westminster and those who became the architects of a Prime Minister’s downfall. This is the story of a damning trail of treachery and deceit fuelled by an obsessive pursuit of power, which threatens to topple the very fabric of our democracy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on July 07, 2024

I can't say I enjoyed reading this book because the democracy that I thought I lived in, no longer exists. This book highlights the obsessive pursuit of power by a small group of people within the Conservative Party and the telling of the story is damming! With the exponential rise in social media th......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on March 03, 2024

I read the reviews before starting this book and now having read it myself I’m not sure why some previous reviewers chose to read it. Well actually yes I am! Yes it is a series of interviews and yes it is one sided in the respect of most of the interviewees we’re firmly on Boris’s side. However if y......more

Goodreads review by Simon on December 19, 2023

Dearie me. This is terrible. Two points in its favour. One, it achieves its stated aim of advancing a theory about where power really lies in Westminster. And two, it paints a sympathetic picture of Johnson which runs counter to most media coverage. It is certainly rose-tinted, but the reader will ma......more

Goodreads review by Rupert on March 10, 2024

Beautifully written, fast paced and engaging. This is a great read for anybody interested in contemporary politics in the UK. The key problem here is that the reader has no idea how much to believe and take seriously. I don't mean that the author has made things up - I don't think that Nadine Dorrie......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on January 12, 2024

This book deserves 1 star if treated purely as the factual account it claims to be. However, one must give the book credit for being such a carefully crafted and interesting work of fiction, which presents a story which is too conspiratorial and shady to be true, but nonetheless makes for a relative......more

Quotes

'It’s a rattling read – a non-fiction page-turner’ The Times