A BBC Daily Politics Book of the Year' Richly argued & brilliantly written a deeply thoughtful analysis that should be mandatory reading for anyone seeking to understand where we have gone wrong' Vernon Bogdanor Financial Times' Read the book everyone It's a superb analysis of the state we're in & what we can do about it WTF?' Cole Moreton' An unbuttoned & vitally even-handed analysis that takes in everything from the decline of social mobility to the tyranny of social media' Metro' Informed personal angry & funny Peston lets rip in an immensely readable & thought-provoking book' Eddie Mair' Elegant analysis of long term forces driving our politics (inc some solutions) Also a moving tribute to his dad' Paul Waugh Huffington Post' Robert Peston's WTF is a work of meticulous analysis that is also an inspiring & often moving manifesto for change Beautifully-written it is a manual for our times that everyone should read' Matthew d' Ancona' This gripping & persuasive account of the mess facing liberal democracy ends with some optimism that politicians will rise to the challenge of responding to the tide of hopelessness' i newspaper' This is a more radical more passionate swearier book than I would have expected from Peston
- & the better for it WTF is a great primer on how we ended up here To escape this mess we must first understand that' London Evening Standard' The chapters on Tony Blair's & Gordon Brown's approach to borrowing the handling of the banking crash & the failure to address economic inequality in its aftermath are well worth bookmarking' Guardian' Essential reading' Stylist As with his previous bestsellers WHO RUNS BRITAIN? & HOW DO WE FIX THIS MESS? in Robert Peston's new book WTF he draws on his years of experience as a political economics & business journalist to show us what has gone bad & gives us a manifesto to put at least some of it right Framed by two letters to his father (who died earlier this year) WTF is Robert Peston's highly personal account of what those who have ruled us for years got so badly wrong & what we need to do to mend the terrible fractures in our society With characteristic passion & clarity he looks at what must happen to prevent democracy being subverted by technocratic geniuses with the ability to manipulate social media how & whether it is possible to make a success of leaving the EU what the lessons should be of the appalling Grenfell Tower tragedy whether robots can be stopped from taking our work what can be done to staunch the widening gap between rich & poor & how to raise living standards for all WTF is a trenchant often entertaining account of the recent past It is also a call to action giving hope to all of us who believe that taking back control is not only vital but possible