Book review: Cameron’s Coup: How The Tories Took Britain To The Brink

Cameron’s Coup: How The Tories Took Britain To The Brink

David Cameron’s policies come under vitriolic attack in this latest book by two Guardian journalists.

The authors are a husband-and-wife team, who work at that newspaper, and, of the two, Toynbee enjoys the higher public profile.

She is a controversial figure, who has often been accused of being a ‘champagne socialist’.

And she is also now a pensioner, so it’s odd that the book keeps sniping at this age group, alleging that they are being shielded unfairly from the effects of government cuts.

Controversially, Toynbee and her husband aren’t too worried about the national deficit and want the cuts reduced.

Some of their criticism of Britain’s government is undoubtedly justified, but it would have helped if their book had not been so complex and verbose, and if they had offered credible alternative policies.