Michael Christopher qualified as a doctor in 2001 at the University of Liverpool, and completed his GP training in London in 2005. Over the last two decades he has worked in a variety of settings in family practice in the UK, Singapore and Australia. While in Singapore he published several articles in various expatriate magazines. These experiences provided both the idea and the background that inspired the writing of this book. Outside medicine he has been a long-time observer, and occasional participant, in the political scene in the UK and the USA. He is married with two children and lives in Buckinghamshire.