{"product_id":"four-chancellors-a-funeral","title":"Four Chancellors \u0026 A Funeral","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe sequel nobody wants. After a decade of the Tories, could it get any worse? Spoiler – it does.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowards the end of 2021, Britain had been frogmarched into an escalating series of surreal calamities. Brexit was a disaster, the NHS was in crisis, the government was bathed head-to-toe in impropriety, senior Tories were still acting as though the public purse was their personal feed-trough, and the air crackled with anger about PartyGate. All of which led to an inglorious start to 2022: the year the UK saw two monarchs, three prime ministers and four chancellors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Boris Johnson, who trashed our international reputation and handed billions to his mates so they could ineptly fight a pandemic while he stayed at home, shagging and acting as a super-spreader; to Liz Truss, a drive-by prime minister who managed to kill off the queen and crash the economy in a single week. And now we’re led by Rishi Sunak, who doesn’t know how to use a credit card, drives a pretend car, and grinningly promises even more poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFour Chancellors and a Funeral\u003c\/em\u003e delivers more of Russell Jones’s signature scathing wit, combining a detailed historical record of 2021 and 2022, with acerbic commentary, all of it leavened by jokes at the seemingly endless maelstrom of failures, nincompoops and hypocrisies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A magnificent tome, full of acerbic wit and groaning with disaster. This book is the only Brexit benefit I can think of. Send it to anyone thinking of voting Tory’ \u003cstrong\u003eJemma Forte, broadcaster and writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘With scathing wit and insight, Russell Jones delivers the hilarious and terrifying no-holds-barred roast we’ve all been waiting for’ \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Stefanovic, journalist and broadcaster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘As ever, Russell’s writing is just the job if you’re in need of a laugh AND your blood pressure is dangerously low . . .’ \u003cstrong\u003eMitch Benn, comedian and writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57478445531518,"sku":"NW9781800183087","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781800183087.jpg?v=1780008128","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/four-chancellors-a-funeral","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}