An excoriating account of a dysfunctional governing system.

Stewart has the sensibility of a writer: he is a man of grand dreams and acute perceptions.

Ggenuinely eye-opening stuff, always riveting, often horrifying.

It’s very good. Even so, I’m not sure I should recommend it. This is because it casts such a depressing light on Westminster that it may put the reader off voting ever again.

A riveting, often entertaining and alarming mash-up of Scoop, Yes, Minister and House of Cards.

An unsparing and brilliant portrait of [Stewart's] decade as a lawmaker.

A personal, sharp exposé of British politics.