The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life is a book by former British Prime minister, Theresa May published in 2023.

[3] Rawnsley comments that May's description of the Windrush scandal deflects from her responsibility as a Home Secretary.

[1] Rawnsley says that the inclusion of a chapter on Brexit 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 in The Independent, comments that many of the claimed abuses of power related to Brexit would be viewed as entirely legitimate tactics by others.

[4] Writing for Literary 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'.