Henry Morris convinced the country he was a Tory MP with his Secret Tory Twitter account, delighting users with parodies of Samuel Pepys, Gulliver’s Travels and government WhatsApp chats. A personal trainer, Henry spends his spare time dabbling in stand-up, putting on raves, stopping birds of prey from being killed by toffs, running ultra-marathons, and producing open-air Shakespeare.
<p>The brilliant mind behind the Secret Tory presents 14 years of Tory rule – as told by William Shakespeare</p><p>'O, for a muse of fire that would ascend</p><p>The brightest heaven of pretention!</p><p>A kingdom for a stage, Tories to act,</p><p>Oligarchs to behold the swelling scene!’</p><p>So begins The Tories: A Tragedy. In this brilliant new work of political satire, Henry Morris presents</p><p>fourteen years of Conservative (mis)rule in the only form in which such misfortunes could be</p><p>portrayed: as a Shakespearean play.</p><p>In five acts that take in five prime ministers, The Tories: A Tragedy is a captivatingly realised</p><p>Jacobean tragedy, replete with Machiavellian manoeuvrings, hilarious mechanicals and poignant</p><p>verse. Publishing in the shadow of the most significant election since the Tories came to power in</p><p>2010, this exhilarating, original book is an alternative history of a disastrous reign – a drama that will</p><p>appeal to those who love Shakespeare, comedy, Shakespeare’s comedies, and those who simply</p><p>love to laugh at the Tory party.</p>
