Cameron's Coup : How the Tories Took Britain to the Brink

*includes Updated Post-election Material.* The Nhs Devastated Without So Much As A By-your-leave; Gen Y Hung Out To Dry; Legal Aid Cut For The Vulnerable; Social Housing On The Brink Of Collapse . . . Cameron Has Been Busy. Margaret Thatcher Sold Off The Nationalised Industries, Her Political Heirs Are Intent On Leaving An Even More Radical Legacy - Selling Off The State Itself. Written With Their Trademark Precision And Passion, Toynbee And Walker Reveal How In Four Short Years A Party That Failed To Win A Commons Majority Has Been Devastatingly Effective. Blending Polls And Statistics With Moving Human Stories From Taunton To Teesside, Sydenham To Sheffield, Cameron's Coup Shows The Alarming Reversal In Decades Of Social Progress. As Toynbee And Walker Argue, It Has Been Nothing Short Of A Revolution. And They Ask The Pressing Question: Are These Changes Irrevocable? This Is Essential Reading For Anyone Who Cares About Their Country. Don't mistake David Cameron for a bland PR man. Despite coalition compromises, he has turned out to be more radical than Margaret Thatcher. She privatised industries. But he planned to dismantle the welfare state itself - starting with the NHS. The cuts signalled an assault on Britain's post-war social settlement. Children, young people and the poor are bearing the brunt. Social welfare, police, council services, housing and legal aid are under fierce attack. Will it succeed? Writing with their trademark incisiveness and wit, Toynbee and Walker report how a party that failed to wi Don't mistake David Cameron for a bland PR man. Despite coalition compromises, he has turned out to be more radical than Margaret Thatcher. She privatised industries. But he planned to dismantle the welfare state itself. With moving human stories from Sydenham to Sheffield, this book argues that Britain is becoming meaner and harsher.