The Cameron Delusion
- Author
- Peter Hitchens
- Narrator
- Peter Hitchens
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 22 October 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The struggle between the main political parties has been reduced to an unpopularity contest, in which voters hold their noses and sigh as they trudge to the polls.
Peter Hitchens explains how and why British politics has sunk to this dreary level - the takeover of the parties and the media by conventional left-wing dogmas which then call themselves 'the centre ground'. The Tory party under David Cameron has become a pale-blue twin of New Labour, offering change without alteration.
Hitchens, a former Lobby reporter, examines and mocks the flock mentality of most Westminster journalists, explains how unattributable lunches guide coverage and why so many reporters - once slavish admirers of Labour - now follow the Tory line.
This updated edition of Hitchens's The Broken Compass (2009) features a brand new introduction. In an excoriating analysis, Hitchens examines the Tory Party's record in government and opposition, dismissing it as a failure on all fronts but one - the ability to win office without principle.
The one thing it certainly isn't is conservative.
Critics Review
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Hitchens ... never seeks to conceal the dramatic nature of his own ideological odyssey ... Today, famously, he is a fully fledged flail of the left, though interestingly this has not led to any great devotion to the Tory cause, least of all as represented by the emollient David Cameron. If there is one thing that can be counted on from the reconstructed Hitchens, it is his eagerness to go tooth and nail for political timidity wherever he detects it and, in his view, "compassionate Conservatism" is every bit as vulnerable in this respect as was New Labour back in 1997. He writes with much of the verve and brio of his elder brother and with a greater regard for detail and accuracy.
New Statesman
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A controversial and fascinating book ... could not put it down, it gave me plenty of food for thought. I enjoyed it tremendously and highly recommend it.
BFKbooks
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This book has some passages of quite brilliant writing and it is at its best when Peter reflects on his own life and his disillusionment with the left-wing ideology of his youth. I long to see him take the next stage in his writer's journey and examine, with his unsparing honesty, the rich human reality of the division he believes is now more important than the split between Left and Right - the deeper gulf between the restless progressive and the Christian pessimist.
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Peter Hitchens
- Narrator
- Peter Hitchens
- Duration
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9781399431446
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements, Centrist democratic ideologies and movements, Political parties and party platforms, Political structure and processes
Synopsis
<b>Bloomsbury presents <i>The Cameron Delusion</i>, written and read by Peter Hitchens</b><br><b></b><br><b>The struggle between the main political parties has been reduced to an unpopularity contest, in which voters hold their noses and sigh as they trudge to the polls. </b><br><b></b><br>Peter Hitchens explains how and why British politics has sunk to this dreary level - the takeover of the parties and the media by conventional left-wing dogmas which then call themselves 'the centre ground'. The Tory party under David Cameron has become a pale-blue twin of New Labour, offering change without alteration.<br><br>Hitchens, a former Lobby reporter, examines and mocks the flock mentality of most Westminster journalists, explains how unattributable lunches guide coverage and why so many reporters - once slavish admirers of Labour - now follow the Tory line. <br><br>This updated edition of Hitchens's <i>The Broken Compass</i> (2009) features a brand new introduction. In an excoriating analysis, Hitchens examines the Tory Party's record in government and opposition, dismissing it as a failure on all fronts but one - the ability to win office without principle.<br><br>The one thing it certainly isn't is conservative.
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