Go Big (book)

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Go Big: How To Fix Our World
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Author Ed Miliband
LanguageEnglish
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Penguin Random House
Publication date
17 June 2021
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages352
ISBN 9781847926241

Go Big: How To Fix Our World (stylised as GO BIG: How To Fix Our World) and alternatively titled Go Big: 20 Bold Solutions to Fix Our World (stylised as GO BIG: 20 Bold Solutions to Fix Our World) is a non-fiction book by the former Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom Ed Miliband. It was published on 17 June 2021 by the Penguin Random House imprint, Vintage. [1]

Contents

Content

Miliband revealed that he thought he was not bold enough and suggested that this is why the Labour Party lost the 2015 general election under his leadership. [2]

Much of the book focuses on what has been described as "hopey, changed stuff" and is inspired by Miliband's podcast Reasons to Be Cheerful . [3] A large proportion of the book considers climate change, specifically Ed Miliband's time as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. [4]

Reception

Go Big received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Go Big was characterised in a review in The Observer as a "familiar wishlist" of proposals. [5] A review in the Boston Review characterised the book as having "wisdom". [6]

A review in The New Statesman criticised Go Big as displaying a narrow and shallow optimism. [7]

The Times characterised the book by saying that "not all of Miliband's ideas are daft". [8]

References

  1. ↑ Miliband, Ed (10 June 2021). "Forget incremental change: the left shouldn't be afraid of thinking big". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Behr, Rafael (22 May 2021). "'I wasn't bold enough': Ed Miliband on losing, leading and the future of Labour". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Duncan, Emma (29 May 2021). "Go Big by Ed Miliband review — The ever so nice Ed Miliband, the Pollyanna of politics". The Times. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Rahim, Sameer (7 June 2021). "Why Ed Miliband still finds reasons to be cheerful". Prospect. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Adams, Tim (13 June 2021). "Seven Ways to Change the World by Gordon Brown; Go Big by Ed Miliband review – what's the new idea?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  6. ↑ O’Neill, Martin (18 August 2021). "Against Incrementalism". Boston Review. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Gray, John (2 June 2021). "The narrow and shallow optimism of Ed Miliband's Go Big". The New Statesman. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Duncan, Emma (29 May 2021). "Go Big by Ed Miliband review — The ever so nice Ed Miliband, the Pollyanna of politics". The Times. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
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