BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2422@porty.live DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T200000 DTSTAMP:20260829T083000Z URL:https://www.porty.live/whatson/events/adam-ramsay-abolish-westminster/ SUMMARY:Adam Ramsay - Abolish Westminster DESCRIPTION:Britain's Broken Political System and an Argument for a New Dem ocracy\n\nWe're very pleased to welcome Portobello-based writer Adam Ramsa y to the bookshop for the launch of his brand new book\, Abolish Westminst er: Britain's Broken Political System and an Argument for a New Democracy \, on the eve of its publication! A searing work of political analysis\, A bolish Westminster makes the case that most people are in fact correct: ou r politics is broken.\n\nRamsay will be in conversation with comedian\, wr iter\, podcaster and filmmaker Josie Long.\n\nThere will time for an audie nce Q&\;A during the event and the conversation will be followed by a b ook signing.\n\nGo to any street in Britain and ask people what they think about politics\, and most will tell you that it is broken\, that they ‘ don’t trust any of them’ – our politicians. In other words\, they be lieve our system doesn’t work\, or that it works only for a chosen few\, the elites. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.porty.live/wp-content/uploads/2026/0 8/img_78e27b46acea_processed.png CATEGORIES:Authors and Writing,Shows and Performances LOCATION:The Portobello Bookshop\, 46 Portobello High Street\, Edinburgh\, EH15 1DA\, United Kingdom GEO:55.955057;-3.117616 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=46 Portobello High Street\, Edinburgh\, EH15 1DA\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Port obello Bookshop:geo:55.955057,-3.117616 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR