7.6 /10 1 Votes
Country United Kingdom Publication date 2012 Pages 234 ISBN 9781781680803 | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print Originally published 10 September 2012 Page count 234 Publisher Verso Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Politics of the United Kingdom; British National Party; English Defence League Similar Corker's freedom, From A to X, Hold Everything Dear, A painter of our time, A Seventh Man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right is a 2012 book by British author and journalist Daniel Trilling.
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Synopsis
The book charts the rise (and fall) of far-right organisations such as the British National Party and the English Defence League
Reception
The book was commended by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in The Independent, who noted that Trilling has 'written an instructive account of white extremism in Britain', while in The Guardian, David Edgar described it as a 'brisk, compelling narrative'. Labour MP Jon Cruddas, who defeated a BNP challenge in Dagenham and Rainham in 2010 also reviewed the book for the New Statesman Reviews also appeared in Foreign Affairs, New Republic and The Scotsman. Time Out London referred to the work as 'pure pavement-pounding journalism' and Owen Jones praised it as 'authoritative and eloquent'.