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| Author | Theresa May |
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| Publisher | Headline |
Publication date | 14 September 2023 |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-1035409884 |
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life is a book by former BritishPrime minister,Theresa May published in 2023. The book explores how power is abused bypublic institutions and those who run them.[1] It explores the police response to theHillsborough disaster,Windrush scandal, theGrenfell Tower fire, theRotherham child sexual exploitation scandal, theBritish Post Office scandal,[1] and the use ofstop and search powers by the police.[2]
Andrew Rawnsley reviewing inThe Guardian commented that the prose was plain but punchy.[1] Róisín Lanigan writing in theIrish Independent criticizes May's writing and says that May has a lack of self-awareness.[3]
Rawnsley comments that May's description of the Windrush scandal deflects from her responsibility as aHome Secretary.[1]
Rawnsley says that the inclusion of a chapter onBrexit and the assertion that her opponents were abusing power was bizarre and "repulsive" given the other examples included in the book.[1] Tom Peck, writing inThe Independent, comments that many of the claimed abuses of power related to Brexit would be viewed as entirely legitimate tactics by others.[4]
Writing forLiterary Review, Tim Bale said: "According to the veteran political journalist Andrew Marr, political memoirs serve three purposes: 'to settle scores, to nudge the dial of the historical verdict, and above all to win a publisher’s advance that is unlikely to be earned out'. May, whatever she might claim, is clearly attempting to do the first and the second of these – in neither case very successfully".[5]
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