Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me? by Rob Burley published today by HarperCollins

11/05/2023

‘Incisive, brutally honest and very funny’ — Steve Coogan

 

Congratulations to Rob Burley on the publication of Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?, out today from Mudlark, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me? – a question famously asked by master TV inquisitor Jeremy Paxman – is a history of thirty years in British politics viewed through the prism of political television, from Thatcher’s fall to the crash and burn of Liz Truss via the Iraq War, austerity, Brexit and Partygate. Rob Burley’s deliciously irreverent insider’s account of a career spent trying to get straight answers from politicians offers a unique insight into the British political class and their complicated relationship with the truth.

Rob Burley has prepared, practised and helped prosecute political interviews with eight prime ministers over more than twenty-five years, working alongside the biggest names in television. This book is his love letter to the political interview and, with the help of exclusive conversations with TV giants from Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Neil to Andrew Marr and Emily Maitlis, will take you inside the process like never before.

Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me? is available now from all good book retailers.

‘A delicious read’ — Emily Maitlis

‘What Rob Burley doesn’t know about political interviewing isn’t worth knowing’ — Andrew Neil

‘Witty and well-informed’ — Andrew Marr