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Author | Theresa May |
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Publisher | Headline |
Publication date | 14 September 2023 |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 978-1035409884 |
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life is a book by former British Prime minister, Theresa May published in 2023. The book explores how power is abused by public institutions and those who run them. [1] It explores the police response to the Hillsborough disaster, Windrush scandal, the Grenfell Tower fire, the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal, the British Post Office scandal, [1] and the use of stop and search powers by the police. [2]
Andrew Rawnsley reviewing in The Guardian commented that the prose was plain but punchy. [1] Róisín Lanigan writing in the Irish Independent criticizes May's writing and says that May has a lack of self-awareness. [3]
Rawnsley comments that May's description of the Windrush scandal deflects from her responsibility as a Home Secretary. [1]
Rawnsley says that the inclusion of a chapter on Brexit and the assertion that her opponents were abusing power was bizarre and "repulsive" given the other examples included in the book. [1] Tom Peck, writing in The Independent, comments that many of the claimed abuses of power related to Brexit would be viewed as entirely legitimate tactics by others. [4]
Writing for Literary Review, Tim Bale said: "According to the veteran political journalist Andrew Marr, political memoirs serve three purposes: 'to settle scores, to nudge the dial of the historical verdict, and above all to win a publisher’s advance that is unlikely to be earned out'. May, whatever she might claim, is clearly attempting to do the first and the second of these – in neither case very successfully". [5]
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Author | Theresa May |
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Publisher | Headline |
Publication date | 14 September 2023 |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 978-1035409884 |
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life is a book by former British Prime minister, Theresa May published in 2023. The book explores how power is abused by public institutions and those who run them. [1] It explores the police response to the Hillsborough disaster, Windrush scandal, the Grenfell Tower fire, the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal, the British Post Office scandal, [1] and the use of stop and search powers by the police. [2]
Andrew Rawnsley reviewing in The Guardian commented that the prose was plain but punchy. [1] Róisín Lanigan writing in the Irish Independent criticizes May's writing and says that May has a lack of self-awareness. [3]
Rawnsley comments that May's description of the Windrush scandal deflects from her responsibility as a Home Secretary. [1]
Rawnsley says that the inclusion of a chapter on Brexit and the assertion that her opponents were abusing power was bizarre and "repulsive" given the other examples included in the book. [1] Tom Peck, writing in The Independent, comments that many of the claimed abuses of power related to Brexit would be viewed as entirely legitimate tactics by others. [4]
Writing for Literary Review, Tim Bale said: "According to the veteran political journalist Andrew Marr, political memoirs serve three purposes: 'to settle scores, to nudge the dial of the historical verdict, and above all to win a publisher’s advance that is unlikely to be earned out'. May, whatever she might claim, is clearly attempting to do the first and the second of these – in neither case very successfully". [5]