Tribes

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I come from Guyana, or at least both of my parents did. I grew up in the British Caribbean community in a single-parent household in Tottenham, but I spent term time as a choirboy at a boarding school in Peterborough. I am British, English and a Londoner. I am a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. I am a lifelong Spurs fan, but occasionally I lend my support to Peterborough United F.C. I am black, but I am happily married to a white woman, with three mixed-race kids.

Critics Review

Lammy writes with nuance and sensitivity and accepts the lack of easy answers. But his core message is simple. We must cooperate more, compromise more, communicate more. Only connect, but offline

Prospect

A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who knows its author only from his Twitter persona

Sunday Times

Episodes of memoir, including DNA tests, a police frisking and a death threat, enliven the Labour MP’s first-rate study of social division

Guardian

It is rich, in thought, history, anecdote and experience

The New European

The best section of the book is a sympathetic account of why people voted Brexit from a zealous Remainer MP who insists Brexit is driven by xenophobia

Evening Standard

Tribes examines how to bring together a fractious country without smothering legitimate political grievances in the process

Guardian

Absorbing analysis . . . thoughtful, nuanced book . . . this book asks the right questions

Observer

Blends memoir with shrewd analysis of the current political landscape . . . He interrogates subjects such
as polarisation, tribalism and identity politics with aplomb, bringing in voices from opposing backgrounds
and views . . . The most powerful parts of the book, though, are the explorations of his own compulsion to belong

The Independent

A vital contribution to the political debate

New Statesman

Ambitious . . . [this book] helps us understand aspects of tribalism

Financial Times

Navigating diverse cultures taught him to appreciate different perspectives, and makes him an incisive diagnostician of our familiar ills – economic decline, political polarisation and terrible loneliness. But Lammy also has inspiring ideas for putting things right

East Anglian Daily Times

A fascinating and thought-provoking reflective journey across cultures, centuries and continents. This book
will become a classic and an important tool for anyone studying social and political history and the rapidly changing dynamics of tribalism

The House Magazine

Compelling reading for understanding the rich lifeblood of our incredible shared city and the forces which shape us

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