About how he became a Tory

Geoff Norcott is to publish his first book next year, about his right-leaning political tendencies. 

Where Did I Go Right?: How The Left Lost Me is due for publication on May 13, with publisher Monoray describing it as a ‘courageously honest and provocative memoir’.

They add that it is the stand-up’s  attempt to 'understand why he ended up voting for the "bad guys'" and why blue-collared conservatism could be here to stay.’

Norcott told trade website The Bookseller: 'Between 2010 and 2019 I voted for the Conservatives four times. Where Did I Go Right? charts how I came to politically defy the expectation of my background and, indeed, my parents.

'I’ve also tried to capture the tumultuous democratic roller-coaster of the past few years and understand why we all became a bit militant and deranged. Like my on-stage comedy, I want this book to be something a bit different.'

In their blurb, Monoray add:  ‘Comedian Geoff Norcott should have been Labour through and through. He grew up on a council estate, both of his parents were disabled, and his Dad was a Union man. So, how was it that he grew up to vote Tory?

‘Geoff unpicks his working-class upbringing and his political journey from left to right. Raised by a fierce matriarch and a maverick father on a South London council estate where they filmed scenes for The Bill, Geoff spends his youth attempting to put out kitchen fires with aerosols and leaping in and out of industrial skips. 

‘But as he reaches adolescence, his political views begin to be influenced by major events including the early 1990s recession, the credit crunch, and a chance encounter with Conservative PM John Major.

‘As an adult, Geoff begins to have the gnawing feeling that the values and traditions he grew up with no longer match Labour's. And, as Brexit appears, he feels even more like a double agent operating behind enemy lines.’

Order the title here, priced £13.19 in hardback.

Published: 5 Nov 2020