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An entertaining, wide-ranging defence and explanation of the conservative way of seeing the world . . . suffused with generosity and wit' Catholic Herald What's wrong with conservatism? Why is it that, no matter how many elections they win, conservatives tend to lose almost every political argument? And what is it about conservatism that makes it so unpalatable, even to many conservatives? As Barack Obama said of al-Qaeda, another group of guys not entirely comfortable with the modern world, conservatives are 'Small Men on the Wrong Side of History'.Too many polemics and articles on the Right are tediously shouty, too few of them explore where their arguments have fallen flat and why people find conservatives and conservatism so repulsive. In his incisive and witty new book, Ed West examines some of the idiocies of the modern Right and the strange characteristics shared by conservatives, including himself, but he also offers explanations as to why people are conservative and what benefits conservatism offers. In particular he argues that conservatism is the necessary brake on 'runaway liberalism': the competitive desire to appear 'Woker-Than-Thou', which is driving progressive politics to extremes.'Anyone - liberal, conservative, whatever - would enjoy [this book]. It is full of the most fascinating facts, all mixed in with Ed's inimitable displays of self-mockery' Tom Holland 'A self-deprecating and often hilarious memoir of a born conservative watching the world go wrong. Sprinkled with gallows humour, like a political version of Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch' The Critic