
Decline & Fall
Diaries 2005-2010
Chris Mullin(Author)
Profile Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 7. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-84668-400-5 (ISBN)
Description
On the backbenches but still in the thick of it, Decline and Fall runs from Chris Mullin's sacking as a minister by Tony ('The Man') Blair in 2005 to the fall of New Labour in May 2010. Here is politics as it really is: entertaining encounters with constituents and conspirators, tantalising glimpses behind the scenes at the courts of Blair and Brown, all set against the background of the global financial crisis and the great expenses meltdown.
Every bit as funny and insightful as his first volume A View From The Foothills, these new diaries provide a snapshot of life in the Westminster village. Preparing to step down after twenty-three years as an MP, Mullin wryly observes 'they say failed politicians make the best diarists, in which case I am in with a chance'.
Every bit as funny and insightful as his first volume A View From The Foothills, these new diaries provide a snapshot of life in the Westminster village. Preparing to step down after twenty-three years as an MP, Mullin wryly observes 'they say failed politicians make the best diarists, in which case I am in with a chance'.
Reviews / Votes
Every once in a while, political diaries emerge that are so irreverent and insightful that they are destined to be handed out as leaving presents in offices across Whitehall for years to come. A View from the Foothills is one such book -- David Cameron At a time when we are awash with memoirs of political grandees, the worms-eye view is even more valuable * New Statesman *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
419 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84668-400-5 (9781846684005)
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Person
Chris Mullin was elected labour MP for Sunderland South in 1987. He chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee and was a minister in three departments. He is the author of A View From the Foothills and A Very British Coup (Serpent's Tail).