{"product_id":"9781849011631","title":"50 People Who Buggered Up Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhich fifty people made Britain the wreck she is? From ludicrous propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe's allies, the modernist architects, it's time to name the guilty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuentin Letts sharpens his nib and stabs them where they deserve it, from TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh, the dumbed-down buffoon who put the 'h' in Aspidistra, to the perpetrators of the 'Credit Crunch'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Thatcher ruptured our national unity. The creators of \u003ci\u003eEastEnders\u003c\/i\u003e trashed our brand over high tea. Thus, he argues, are the people who made our country the ugly, scheming, cheating, beer-ridden bum of the Western world. Here are the fools and knaves and vulgarians who ripped down our British glories and imposed the tawdry and the trite. In a half century we have gone from end-of-Empire to descent-into-Hell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177961865456,"sku":"9781849011631","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849011631_p0.jpg?v=1763750738","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849011631","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}