Why Can't We All Just Get Along

Name: Why Can't We All Just Get Along
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Iain Dale
ISBN: 9780008379155

Author: Iain Dale

Narrator: Iain Dale

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/06/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Popular Culture Studies, Self-help, Self-management, Anger Management, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Education

Synopsis

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along In an increasingly divided society, Iain examines why we’ve all become so disrespectful and intolerant. Using experiences from his career in politics and the media, he says it doesn’t have to be this way, and suggests how we can all emerge from tribalism and division and become more respectful to each other and those who govern us. It is a book that is optimistic about the fundamental decencies embedded in human nature and uses deeply personal anecdotes to explain why we can look forward in a positive way to a better life both in personal and material terms.

About Iain Dale

Iain Dale is an award-winning broadcaster and presenter of the Evening Show on LBC Radio. He is the author/editor of more than 30 books and co-host of the For the Many podcast and the Iain Dale Book Club podcast. He was named Radio Presenter of the Year for 2013 and 2016 and is the former Managing Director of Biteback Publishing. He hosts the theatre show Iain Dale All Talk. Iain lives in Tunbridge Wells.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan

Let's get a few things straight from the outset. I fundamentally disagree with pretty much everything the author stands for. For me his party has caused more misery in this country than should have been allowed. I bought this book (I actually have the hardback edition) as a present for my mum. Due t......more

Goodreads review by AnnaG

This is an interesting memoir of Dale's history of campaigning and journalism and has some interesting chapters on general lack of trust in the media and how the political discourse could be improved. I wish it could have been a bit more polemic and a bit less memoir, but I suppose that does go some......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

I enjoyed much of this book but felt it didn’t quite hang together, and I discovered why when I read the epilogue. The title suggests it’s a guide to coming together, being less divided and learning to disagree more productively. Mostly, it’s not - it’s largely James O’Brien’s views on a range of to......more

Goodreads review by Nicky

This is a wide ranging commentary by Dale on a multitude of topics that have inflamed, and enraged and incensed society. And it’s these reactions that are at the core of his message; it’s ok that we disagree with one another, it’s how we behave and verbalise our disagreement (and online) that’s the......more

Quotes

‘There are very few commentators and broadcasters with an instinctive feel for real politics – who feel the passions, and who understand the flaws and the strengths of the players from the inside, with proper empathy. Iain Dale does, which makes him endlessly listenable-to and peerless. For many political-addicts, he is their warm but watchful friend.’ ‘Iain Dale is that rare beast – a forensic and mischievous interviewer with a deep sense of humanity and kindness beneath the brilliant probing. His interviews yield light as well as heat – and he has a genuine ability to step away from his own zone – to see things from a much needed, alternative perspective.’ ‘Smart, funny, and always on it, he makes me feel happier and cleverer every time I hear him speak. Watch Iain Dale open the kimono — can I rephrase that?’ ‘The indefatigable Iain Dale always cuts to the nub of politics.’