Key extracts

Below are a set of extracts from different parts of the book, as standalone articles. The tags indicate which of the three main sections of the book they come from.

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Populism or pluralism? The real divide

This extract is the first chapter of Warring Fictions. It sets out the context and the key premise of the essay, and argues that there are two essentially co...

Looking backwards

Below is an extract from Chapter Twelve. The introduction to the Golden Era section of the book, this particular passage explains the attraction to decline n...

Mistaking change for loss

Below is an extract from Chapter Fourteen of Warring Fictions. This comes from the section of the book about alternative narratives to the Golden Era. It des...

Attlee-Thatcher-Blair-Brexit

Below is an extract from Chapter Fifteen of Warring Fictions. This comes from the section of the book about alternative narratives to the Golden Era. It desc...

Change and the values gap

Below is an extract from Chapter Sixteen of Warring Fictions. This comes from the section of the book about alternative narratives to the Golden Era. It desc...

New parties and life without populism?

Taken from the final chapter of the essay, the passage below looks at some of the key questions that the critique of the myths raises. What do they have in c...