How Corrupt Is Britain?

by David Whyte (Editor)

Banks accused of rate-fixing. Members of parliament cooking the books. Major defense contractors investigated over suspect arms deals. Police accused of being paid off by tabloids. The headlines are unrelenting these days. Perhaps it’s high time we Just exactly how corrupt is Britain?
            David Whyte brings together a wide range of leading commentators and campaigners, offering a series of troubling answers. Unflinchingly facing the corruption in British public life, they show that it is no longer tenable to assume that corruption is something that happens elsewhere; corrupt practices are revealed across a wide range of venerated institutions, from local government to big business. These powerful, punchy essays aim to shine a light on the corruption fundamentally embedded in UK politics, police, and finance.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, True Crime, Current Affairs

200 pages, Paperback

First published March 18, 2015

About the author

Dr David Whyte of the University of Liverpool

Reviews

[MargCal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished reading: How corrupt is Britain? / David Whyte (ed.) ... 03 Nov. 2015
ISBN: 9780745335308

If you suspect our politicians are corrupt, and the highly paid 'captains of industry' well and truly intertwined with them, this collection of essays will leave you in no doubt. It will show you just how twisted the English language becomes to pull the wool over the eyes of the general population.
While the book is about Britain, the first section of the book is equally applicable to Australia and the US, and probably other first world countries too. The rest of the book is about British situations but the principles involved are also relevant beyond Britain's borders.

I cannot recommend this book too highly to everybody who votes (or who should vote!).


Borrowed from my local library - bought at my request :-)

[Julie Hudson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, part read really. I read the introduction and although it's not a thick book I got the gist and the rest of the book seemed to be essays written by other people on the topic. It felt like more of an academic paper than a gripping read and the pile of books by my bed aren't going to get any lower while I'm wasting time on chugging through a dull book. I hadn't realised David Whyte was just the editor and not the author.

[James Tidd · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't know what to expect from this book. It is set out like a conference, with different people speaking about the corruption of Britain in fourteen papers or chapters. The editor looks at how badly the Hillsborough disaster was managed. Why top CEOs are paid sometimes up to a ratio of 150:1 compared to their lowest worker. It was published during the Tory/Lib Dem coalition. A lot has happened in that decade and it is definitely worth a few more chapters.

[Kevin McMahon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what I expected. More of a text book.

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