{"product_id":"9781472127341","title":"Patronising Bastards: How the Elites Betrayed Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e50 People Who Buggered Up Britain\u003c\/i\u003e, Quentin Letts, comes his blistering new book on how Britain's out-of-touch, illiberal elite fills its boots.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With its vicious takedowns, Quentin Letts' laugh-out-loud \u003ci\u003ePatronising Bastards \u003c\/i\u003ewill have the lefty-elite running scared' \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Earnest without being preachy, \u003ci\u003ePatronising Bastards \u003c\/i\u003eis a tonic for those who look about them and feel an insuperable sense of defeat' Roger Lewis, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot since Marie Antoinette said 'Let them eat cake' have the peasants been so revolting. Western capitalism's elites are bemused: Brexit, Trump, and maybe more eruptions to follow. But their rulers were so good to them! Hillary Clinton called the ingrates 'a basket of deplorables', Bob Geldof flicked them a V sign, Tony Blair thought voters too thick to understand the question. Wigged judges stared down their legalistic noses at a surging, pongy populous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese people who know best, these snooterati with their faux-liberal ways, are the 'Patronising Bastards'. Their downfall is largely of their own making - their Sybaritic excesses, an obsession with political correctness, the prolonged rape of reason and rite. You'll find these self-indulgent show-ponys not just in politics and the cloistered old institutions but also in high fashion, football, among the clean-eating foodies and at the Baftas and Oscars, where celebritydom hires PR smoothies to massage reputations and mislead, distort, twist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical columnist and bestselling author Quentin Letts identifies these condescending creeps and their networks, their methods and their dubious morals. Letts kebabs them like mutton. It's baaaahd. It's juicy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Branson, Emma Thompson, Shami Chakrabarti, Jean-Claude Juncker and any head waiter who calls you 'young man' - this one's for you!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144408056048,"sku":"9781472127341","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472127341_p0.jpg?v=1763597571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472127341","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}