Over the course of ten extraordinary years, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider—having walked across Asia, governed an Iraqi province, and run a Kabul NGO—to holding six ministerial roles and standing for Prime Minister. Then, he was abruptly sacked from a party he barely recognized. Politics On The Edge is his searing, darkly humorous, and brutally candid memoir from the front lines of British power.
Pulling back the curtain on the halls of government, Stewart exposes a world where ministers are assigned portfolios with zero expertise, careerists prioritize spin over substance, and backroom whips wield ruthless control. With a front-row seat to the Brexit collapse, cabinet infighting, and the rise of populism under leaders like David Cameron and Boris Johnson, Stewart delivers an unsparing analysis of why modern governance is failing—and what it takes to fix it.
