Polly Toynbee

Chosen as a 2023 non-fiction highlight in the Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Tablet and Irish Times While for generations Polly Toynbee's ancestors have been committed left-wing rabble-rousers railing against injustice, they could never claim to be working class, settling instead for the prosperous life of academia or journalism enjoyed by their own forebears. So where does that leave...

Did the Labour government improve people's lives? Are we healthier, wealthier, or wiser; happier or safer than in 1997, when Labour came to power? If we are, how much do we have to thank Blair and Brown and their cabinets for? In The Verdict, Polly Toynbee and David Walker strip away spin, personality, and political rhetoric to judge how our...

Fascinating Spectator Entertaining Sunday Times Enthralling Guardian Beautiful, funny and moving Daily Mail Compelling and moving Observer Replete with vivid - often hilarious, often shocking - anecdotes Financial Times While for generations Polly Toynbee's ancestors have been committed left-wing rabble-rousers railing against injustice, they could never claim to be working class, settling instead for the prosperous life of academia or...

The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. In this urgent polemic, Polly Toynbee and David Walker present a worrying portrait of Britain today. Their gripping investigation takes them to the editor of UK magazine, Tatler, who bemoans paying private school fees on a middle-class salary and to young city lawyers who justify earning 100 times more...