Laura Kuenssberg: Pay Attention – In Conversation
Worried? Bewildered? Had enough of the chaos? Laura Kuenssberg joins us to cut through the dysfunction at the heart of our politics, analyse how things got so bad and ask why, despite all the noise, it feels like our politicians have not been paying attention to us, the voter.
The UK used to pride itself on being sensible, its politics, a little bit dull. But with yet another Prime Minister booted out of Number 10 that reputation is in tatters. Politics has become a brutal soap opera, and our politicians all too often sucked into the drama rather than focusing on what matters to our lives.
Delving into her own experience over two decades of reporting on our politicians up close, and just as important to her, talking to members of the public about what they want from their lives and from their politicians, Laura Kuenssberg, in her book Pay Attention, explores today’s stark political truths, finding they are sometimes wilder than fiction.
With clarity, humour, authority, and urgency, Kuenssberg will share her analysis of the forces, and impulses and personalities that have brought us to this point, with an unvarnished look at how thinking has changed across Britain, the political choices we the electorate are making; how we have become deeply polarised, and where this might lead us in the decade to come.
This event will feature an audience Q&A and a chance to purchase a signed copy of Pay Attention on the publication date.
Pay Attention by Laura Kuenssberg is published by Corair on 5th Nov 2026.
