The Rise of Political Lying - Softcover

Peter Oborne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743275608 ISBN 13: 9780743275606

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2005

Synopsis

Being economical with the truth has become almost a jokey euphemism for the political lie - a cosy insider's phrase for the disingenuousness that is now accepted as part and parcel of political life. But as we face the 3rd term of a government that has elevated this kind of economics almost to an art form, is it now time to question the creeping invasion of falsehood? What does the rise of the political lie say about our society? At what point, if we have not reached it already, will we cease to believe a word politicians say? Tracing the history of political falsehood back to its earliest days but focusing specifically on the exponential rise of the phenomenon during the Major and Blair governments, Peter Oborne demonstrates that the truth has become an increasingly slippery concept in recent years. From woolly pronouncements that are designed merely to obfusacte to outright and blatant lies whose intention is to deceive, the political lie is never far from the surface.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Oborne is a regular commentator on politics for television, and chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph. He is the author of several previous books including the acclaimed Alastair Campbell: New labour and the Rise of the Media Class, The Rise of Political Lying, The Triumph of the Political Class, and Basil D'Oliveira, Cricket and Conspiracy: The Untold Story which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743275608
• ISBN 13: 9780743275606
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256