Book description
The third and final volume of Chris Mullin's acclaimed diaries begins
on the night John Smith died in May 1994, and continues until the moment
of Mullin's assumption into government in July 1999. Together with the
bestselling A View from the Foothills and Decline & Fall, the
complete trilogy covers the rise and fall of New Labour from start to
finish. Witty, elegant and wickedly indiscreet, the Mullin diaries are
widely reckoned to be the best account of the New Labour era."Every
once in a while," wrote David Cameron, " political diaries
emerge that are so irreverent and insightful that they are destined to
be handed out as leaving presents across Whitehall for years to
come." "'A treat to be savoured. Best of all they are
written by a creature that the public does not believe exists: an honest
politician at Westminster.' (Oona King, The Times) 'Hugely engaging...
this trilogy has ensured that [Mullin] will join Chips Channon, Duff
Cooper and Alan Clark in the pantheon of truly great diarists' (Matthew
D'Ancona, Evening Standard) 'An open-minded chronicler whose eye for the
absurd does not spare his leaders, colleagues or himself... [the
diaries] give much pleasure.' (Brian Groom, Financial Times) 'Rich in
human detail... it is uncany how many echoes there are of present-day
politics... [Mullin should] have gone into some less shabby profession,
but if he had, the Commons would have been a poorer place.' (David
Robson, Telegraph)" The third and final volume of Chris Mullin's
acclaimed diaries begins on the night John Smith died in May 1994, and
continues until the moment of Mullin's assumption into government in
July 1999. Together with the bestselling A View from the Foothills and
Decline & Fall, the complete trilogy covers the rise and fall of New
Labour from start to finish. Witty, elegant and wickedly indiscreet, the
Mullin diaries are widely reckoned to be the best account of the New
Labour era."Every once in a while," wrote David Cameron,
" political diaries emerge that are so irreverent and insightful
that they are destined to be handed out as leaving presents across
Whitehall for years to come."
