The Social Distance Between Us How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain Darren Mcgarvey by Darren Mcgarvey instant download after payment.

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'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times

'This is McGarvey at his best' - Observer

'Breaks your heart and boils your blood' - Big Issue 

If all the best people are in all the top jobs, then why is Britain such a fucking bin fire?

Britain is in a long-distance relationship with reality. A ravine cuts through it, partitioning the powerful from the powerless, the vocal from the voiceless, the fortunate from those too often forgotten. This distance dictates how we identify & relate to society's biggest issues - from homelessness & poverty to policing & overrun prisons - ultimately determining how, & whether, we strive to resolve them. So why, for generations, has a select group of people with very limited experience of social inequality been charged with discussing & debating it?

I've sat on cold pavements with beggars, asking them why they would rather wander the streets than live in supported accommodation. I've pleaded with alcoholics to give sobriety one last shot before they end up dead - & read their obituaries in the paper weeks later. I've sat with youth workers at their wits' end as diversionary services are cut amid a surge in gang & knife violence. Too many people remain so far from this nightmarish social reality that even when they would earnestly wish to bring about change, they don't know where to start. So start here.

Praise for Darren McGarvey:

'The standout, authentic voice of a generation' Herald

'Utterly compelling' Ian Rankin, New Statesman

'Brilliant' Russell Brand

'An absolutely fascinating individual' Owen Jones

'Offer[s] an antidote to populist anger that transcends left & right... articulate & emotional' Financial Times

'McGarvey is a rarity: a working-class writer who has fought to make the middle-class world hear what he has to say' Nick Cohen, Guardian