Doing Politics

This book considers the wider implications of the various political ructions and the public reaction to them, and argues that if we want to defend politics, then we also have to defend politicians. Somebody has to do the messy business of accommodating conflicting demands and interests. That somebody is politicians. This book is in two sections: the first is a short autobiographical account of Tony Wright's own political experience together with his thoughts on politics today; the second is a collection of his articles on a wide range of political issues.