Be Your Own Politician: Why it's Time for a New Kind of Politics

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It is 800 years since Magna Carta, we have just witnessed a lively referendum on independence for Scotland and a General Election looms. Yet the electorate across the UK feel disempowered and disengaged from the small political elite who actually run the country, battered by big business that appear to ride rough shod over their aspirations. What c

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I really enjoyed the insider's account of the failure of the Tories' Big Society idea as well as the description of the endless frustration of attempting to engage previous governments in effecting social change. Yet this is not a disillusioned book. Adman and campaigner Twivy remains positive, energetic and commited to a sense of community. He is still trying to convince friends like me to stop being so negative and to share his optimism in a new kind of politics. If that sounds a bit Russel Brand-y then it is meant in a good way. Ian Hislop [Twivy] brilliantly portrays the ups and downs of fighting for change. Sunday Mirror

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Paul Twivy's career has included working with the last three UK prime ministers on their big initiatives to develop a new partnership between Citizens and Government and to tackle ingrained social problems. He has co-founded a number of social action campaigns including, Change the World for a Fiver, The Big Lunch and Big Society. He has spent twenty-five years advising Comic Relief, and has a reputation as one of the UK's leading thinkers and innovators. Paul Twivy lives in London.