Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England (Paperback)

'Broken Heartlands is the product of rich reporting on the ground... Payne tells many stories of many places and people with affection and respect, to weave a picture of the changing political fabric of England' - Laura Kuenssberg

'A compelling chronicle of why English politics is undergoing such fundamental change. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand England today' - Robert Peston

'The political book of the year about one of the most consequential elections of my lifetime. Essential reading' - Andrew Neil

'A really fascinating and surprisingly moving book. Payne takes us on a journey that feels personal as well as political and helps us better understand what the red wall really is, who its voters are, and what politics has meant to them over the past few tumultuous years' - Isabel Hardman, author of Why We Get The Wrong Politicians

'A must-read for all those who want to learn the lessons of Labour's 2019 defeat' - Paul Mason, author of PostCapitalism

'Sebastian Payne demolishes the cliches that smother debate about the north of England and provides a simultaneously tender and acute guide to the land that London forgot' - Nick Cohen

'Part travelogue, part Question Time, Payne interviews pretty much everyone. This is a first draft of history as first drafts of history should properly be written' - Tom Holland

'Immensely readable. Labour's crisis in the red wall . . . will shape the future of English politics. This engrossing, warm and insightful work is an indispensable guide to how it came about' - Observer

'Compelling, authoritative but human . . . the book will inevitably become an important resource for historians' - Sunday Times

'Payne's entertaining and insightful book is essential reading' - Evening Standard

'It's difficult to become a Westminster institution and be a successful leader writer on the Financial Times before you're 30, but Sebastian Payne has achieved both' - Iain Dale, author of The Prime Ministers

'Comprehensive and entertaining' - The Times