THE ROAD TO SOMEWHERE

David Goodhart is the founding editor of Prospect magazine and one of the most distinctive voices on British politics today. He is currently head of the Demography Immigration and Integration Unit at the think tank Policy Exchange and was previously director of the centreleft think tank Demos. His last book The British Dream: Successes and Failures of PostWar Immigration (2013) was runnerup for the Orwell Prize in 2014 and was a finalist for Political Book of the Year in the Paddy Power Political Book Awards. David voted remain in the EU referendum and has been a mainly inactive member of the Labour Party since he was a student.Goodhart offers an impeccably sensible and decent exposition of how the political elites have failed their societies ... The book makes compelling reading both for voters and those who want to get elected by them[Goodhart] has written a book that is thoughtful well argued and dangerously moderate. It may even be an incitement to independent thinking[A] provocative take on the UKs new tribal divisions ... And it broadly works ... The Road to Somewhere has the feel of a book whose timing ... is pitchperfectGoodharts exploration of this underlying divide and the question of what might be done is not only timely but also offers an accessible evidencebased and direct account of how these conflicts are reshaping the political world around usGoodhart has clarity of argument and courage. He has been making these points for a decade and urging the mainstream to engage with them. He does not do fadsWhatever other objections Goodharts new book might provoke few could call it irrelevant or untimely ... he returns to this most vexed terrain picking his way through nettles and thorns that might deter thinnerskinned writers[Goodhart] has written what may turn out to be the most sympathetic and insightful book about Britains discontented massesMr Goodharts book seems likely to inform the debate on what postBrexit Britain should look likeThis meticulously researched book ... enables us to imagine Brexit as a moment that could just prove to be the start of a national renewalChallenging and illuminatingDavid Goodhart offers the best and most complete explanation Ive seen for why things seem to be coming apart in so many countries at the same timeLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 SUNDAY TIMES GUARDIAN TELEGRAPH AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017A provocative take on the UKs new tribal divisions ... a book whose timing is pitchperfect Andrew MarrMany Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years. Fifty years ago people in leafy North London and people in workingclass Northern towns could vote for a Labour party that broadly encompassed all of their interests. Today their priorities are poles apart. In this groundbreaking and timely book Goodhart shows us how peo