...and What Do You Do? - by Norman Baker (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>By turns irreverent and uncompromising a book that asks important questions about the future of the British royal family.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of public money and the highly dubious behaviour of some among its ranks, whilst being critical of the knee-jerk sycophancy shown by the press and politicians. Baker also considers the wider role the royals play in British society, examining the constitutional position of the monarch.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>The royal family is the original Coronation Street - a long-running soap opera with the occasional real coronation thrown in. Its members have become celebrities, like upmarket versions of film stars and footballers. But they have also become a byword for arrogance, entitlement, hypocrisy and indifference to the gigantic amount of public money wasted by them.</p> <p>The monarchy itself is an important part of our constitution with considerable influence on the kind of nation we are. Yet you will struggle to find much in the way of proper journalism that examines the monarchy in the way that their position and influence merit. Instead, we are fed a constant diet of sickeningly obsequious coverage which reports their activities with breathless and uncritical awe.</p> <p>In this book, former government minister Norman Baker argues that the British public deserves better than this puerile diet.</p> <p><i>... And What Do You Do?</i> is a hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of public money and the highly dubious behaviour of some among its ranks, whilst being critical of the knee-jerk sycophancy shown by the press and politicians. Baker also considers the wider role the royals play in society, including the link with House of Lords reform, and the constitutional position of the monarch, which is important given Prince Charles's present and intended approach.</p> </p>What makes this book so unusual is that Baker is himself a member of the Privy Council, the body that officially advises the monarch. By turns irreverent and uncompromising, <i>... And What Do You Do?</i> asks important questions about the future of the world's most famous royal family.</p>
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