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Leaves the reader in no doubt about the brilliance with which Campbell shepherded Labour to victory. That is not because he says so himself: he clearly has a high regard for his own capabilities, but has the sense to let his achievements speak for themselves.
-- New Statesman
There are plenty of nuggets here that are fascinating, some passages that make you wince and others that are gripping. It has historical value --Observer
Campbell is a compelling diarist . . . provides the fullest insider account so far of new Labour's ascent to power --The Times
Campbell's world is the brutal, angry, hard-driven, joky, football-crazed and intensely male world of tabloid journalism. He is a fluent and industrious reporter, with amazing stamina: it is quite a feat, at the end of days dealing with the press on Blair's behalf that he managed to get this account down --Telegraph
Hugely gripping . . . all of human life is here. It makes The Thick of It look tame. And sane --Sunday Times
The abundance of extra detail throws up some richly comic moments . . . Campbell's writing has much of the brutal honestly of [Alan] Clark's
--Sunday Telegraph
-- New Statesman
There are plenty of nuggets here that are fascinating, some passages that make you wince and others that are gripping. It has historical value --Observer
Campbell is a compelling diarist . . . provides the fullest insider account so far of new Labour's ascent to power --The Times
Campbell's world is the brutal, angry, hard-driven, joky, football-crazed and intensely male world of tabloid journalism. He is a fluent and industrious reporter, with amazing stamina: it is quite a feat, at the end of days dealing with the press on Blair's behalf that he managed to get this account down --Telegraph
Hugely gripping . . . all of human life is here. It makes The Thick of It look tame. And sane --Sunday Times
The abundance of extra detail throws up some richly comic moments . . . Campbell's writing has much of the brutal honestly of [Alan] Clark's
--Sunday Telegraph
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The Blair Years was a taster. Prelude to Power reveals the diairies uncut. And it is just the beginning.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poor - for unexpected reasons...,
By Herb791 "Ian" (Somerset) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 1994-1997 (Campbell Diaries Uncut Vol 1) (Hardcover)
Look I pretty much despise this man and what he stands for and the impact he has had on politics. But if I only read books from people I admire then that's a very small shortlist.So I expected to be enthralled, infuriated, my blood would boil, passions would rise..... and you know what? This is seriously dull. I mean really really really dull. I took this, Rawnsley's and Mandelson's book on holiday with me (yes I'm that sad) and this was jaw droppingly sooze inducing. Rawnsleys books is terrific, Mandelsons's is self serving tabloid trash but eminently readable. Try them first. If you really get stuck read this - especially if you have insomnia and need an extremely effective cure.............
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent campaigning primer,
By Suburbman (St Albans, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 1994-1997 (Campbell Diaries Uncut Vol 1) (Hardcover)
This is a great read - fascinating, enjoyable and informative in many ways. The book serves as an account of the lead-up to one of the most significant elections in British post-war history and as a primer on how to run a highly effective campaign. Alastair Campbell lays bare the competing tugs and the inevitable tensions that arise in the midst of any political campaign and shows how a now-legendary communications operation delivered a landslide win for a Labour government. I'd recommend this book to anyone with an interest in modern politics and the science and the art of campaign communications. Personal political persuasion aside, anybody with a direct or indirect professional involvement with campaigning or communications in the public or the private sector will learn a great deal from this book. In my view it is as compelling an account of campaigning as Pennebaker's documentary, The War Room, the definitive record of Clinton's road to the White House, masterminded by Carville and Stephanopolous.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Tedious Bickering,
This review is from: Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 1994-1997 (Campbell Diaries Uncut Vol 1) (Hardcover)
I have an interest in political diaries and also an attachment to Labour, even New Labour. Nevertheless, I found this book tedious and disappointing. Other reviewers have also commented that it simply seems to be a day-by-day, blow-by-blow account of all the squabbles and bickerings of the characters at the heart of the New Labour "project". Apart from being a disappointment to any-one, like me, who has previously tried to maintain a good opinion of Blair & co., this is annoying at a literary level, because it is simply not interesting. Other political memoirs are filled with accounts of conflict between similarly egotistical personalities, but the issues tend to be points of substantive importance. Tony Benn's or Barbara Castle's diaries, for example, are largely accounts of long-running arguments. But they are arguments about matters of principle and political strategy. The "arguments" described here are at the level of who-said-what-to-whom, who-was-somebody's-favourite, who-has-been-left-out-of-a-meeting. Give us a break, Alistair. If that is,in fact, the reality of these years, then in truth, it would be better not to burden the reading public with any of it.I write this with disappointment, because I admire Campbell as a political operator and, notwithstanding his book, remain grateful to him for his contribution to the Labour Party.
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