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The Purple Revolution: The Year That Changed Everything
The Purple Revolution The Year That Changed Everything Author:Nigel Farage UKIP is a political phenomenon. Twenty-one years after its formation as a single-policy protest party, it has come of age to cause a tectonic shift in British politics at the outset of what promises to be the closest general election for decades. This book, written by the man who orchestrated that extraordinary rise, is not an autobiography, bu... more »t rather the untold story of the journey UKIP has travelled under his leadership, from the icy fringes of British politics all the way to Westminster, where it is poised to claim the popular vote. Published just ahead of the general election, this book details what UKIP would be prepared to accept in the event of a hung parliament. It tells how the party continues to woo politicians from left and right, and, for the first time, reveals exactly how, over the last few years, Farage and his supporters have ushered in a very English revolution: secretly courting MPs in the tea rooms and wine bars of the House of Lords. This extraordinary book takes us beyond the caricature of the beer-drinking, chain-smoking adventurer in Jermyn Street double-cuffs, to describe the values that underpin Farage's own journey; from successful City trader to critic of the European Union and champion of Britain's right to govern itself, revealing his loss of faith in the mainstream parties and his personal vision for a Britain outside the EU.« less