Conventional politics is at a crossroads. Amid recession, depression, poverty, rising inequality and increasing violence, our current politics is exhausted and inadequate. By Phillip Blond, "Red Tory" argues that only a radical new political settlement can tackle the problems we face. Red Toryism Economic combines egalitarianism with social conservatism, calling for an end to the monopolisation of society and the private sphere by the State and the market.
Decrying the legacy of the Labor and Conservative parties Both, Blond proposes to genuine progressive Conservatism that will restore social equality and revive British cultures. He calls for the strengthening of local communities and economies, ending dispossession, redistribution of the tax burden and restoration the nuclear family. "Red Tory" offers a different vision for our future and asks us to question long-held political assumptions.
No political thinker has aroused more passionate debate in recent times. Phillip Blond's ideas have already been praised or attacked in every major British newspaper and journal. Challenging, stimulating and exhilarating, this is a book for our times.
