Where Next?

- Blurb -

Outside of the EU, and facing new and unprecedented global challenges, Britain faces an identity crisis. This timely book by one of the rising stars of frontline politics shows a way out. In this brilliant and accessible intervention, Lisa Nandy reveals how Britain can leave behind the mess we' re in. Where Next? is a blueprint for how we become a self-confident, united and outward-looking country once again: matching the ambition of our citizens with the means to realise it and showing the global leadership we were once known for. As Brexit revealed, Britain' s ability to project a confident, internationalist image abroad is shaped by and rooted in our domestic priorities; and it rests on the consent of its citizens. As MP for Wigan, Lisa Nandy has deep knowledge of the challenges facing the post-industrial towns whose vote to leave the EU some have seen as a rejection of internationalism. Now at the centre of public debate around both ' Levelling Up' and of ' Global Britain' , in this book she brings together the international and the local to tell a story about how we got here and how we might go about improving things for those left behind at the same time as mending a broken reputation abroad. However disconnected our international systems have become from working people here and across the world, Nandy argues, the problems we feel locally - from football to fraud to flooding - have global solutions. Lucid, clear-eyed and ultimately hopeful, this book will set out how we restore values, energy and direction in our politics and offer a snapshot of an alternative future that remains within our grasp.