[PRE-ORDER] Abolish Westminster : Britain’s Broken Political System and an Argument for a New Democracy

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by Adam Ramsay

Format: Hardback 320 pages
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571404681
Published: 5 Nov 2026

This title will be released in November 2026.

From a bold new voice in political commentary and investigative journalism, a piercing dissection of the democratic crisis faced by Britain today. Go to any street in Britain and ask people what they think about politics, and most will tell you that it is broken, that they ‘don’t trust any of them’ – our politicians. In other words, they believe our system doesn’t work, or that it works only for a chosen few, the elites.

A searing work of political analysis, Abolish Westminster makes the case that most people are in fact correct: our politics is broken. Lifting the lid on the British state and society, Abolish Westminster explains why. Examining the lack of accountability faced by our major governmental departments, the pliancy of our cultural institutions and the malleability of national identity, it reveals how power and money are often bent back to the powerful and wealthy – and how, historically, this has almost always been the case, producing disastrous effects.

And so, Adam Ramsay points to a radical possibility in an effort to re-establish democracy: breaking up Britain. Abolish Westminster defines the democratic deficit that plagues Britain’s political system at a critical moment for the country. In the face of this, it confronts a crucial dilemma with a hopeful clarion call: do things have to be this way, and what might the alternative be?