Margo,

This book is a blistering and searing account of politics in Australia today, and how democracy is very quickly deteriorating.

I guess I'm sick and tired of hearing Liberals banging on about how they're spreading democracy for everyone to enjoy and embrace.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE.

And I guess I'm also tired of hearing Liberals whinge and sook about why they're always portrayed as mean and nasty and uncaring. We're living in a country where Howard and his cronies have clearly taken us to the dogs with their arrogant, mean-spirited and self-serving policies.

HE DOES NOT GOVERN FOR ALL OF US.

People need to quickly start understanding this.

OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNRAVELLING.

This book is an alternative form of opposition to the government in such a crucial juncture of our political lifecourse. It is books like this one, and others such as Bob Ellis' Night Thoughts and David Marr's Dark Victory that inform the public about the goings on of such a cowardly and mendacious bunch of politicians that claim to govern for all of us. This is one of those books that, for me, put on paper what I've been thinking about politicians' motives and agendas for long time and how they arrogantly seem to think that they're above and beyond the mechanisms of accountability.

THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.