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by Tom Bower (Author)
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial (4 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 000725962X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007259625
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars If only 10% is true, 7 Mar 2008
By Irwin Armstrong (Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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If only 10% of this book is true we are dealing with a VERY dangerous Prime Minister who after 10 years of waiting hasn't a clue what to do and is so indicisive he can't even buy his own clothes.

The indications are that he will be a poor PM but we will see.

A book worth reading if you want to be shocked about the billions wasted in the last 10 years ... I was.

Update March 2009 ... this book is essentially correct e.g. dithering over the election in autumn 2008 and the collapse of our financial system run by the Brown inspired FSA.

Update April 2009 McBridegate ... so much of what is in this book makes the McBride/Draper emails so understandable and so easy to believe that Brown knew and condoned what was happening, even if not in precise detail.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Many Inconvenient Truths, 24 Jan 2008
By D. T. Kirk - See all my reviews
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Magnificently well researched, authoritative, indexed and referenced. Bower is well known for independent, 'no holds barred' biographies which others call vindictiveness. But it is not his job to be the subjects PR man and you can rely on the fact that he isn't printing spin from the subject. The book is relentlessly negative about Brown because that is what the facts suggest. It is the facts of Brown's failure and manoeuvring over the last ten years that are negative not the writing.

In classic Brown style he "intimated" to be interviewed but never responded to attempts to arrange an interview. This book has the quality of not being a spin exercise and an Orwellian opportunity for Brown to re-write history as with Routledge's effort.

So-called mistakes are nothing of the sort for example George Galloway was born a Catholic (easily searched). But no book is published without small mistakes, Tony Wright was mistakenly called a councillor when he was an MP from 1992.

It is written in a refreshingly anti-political way which means no spin, no couching, no obfuscating and is especially revealing in the use of economic and financial figures.

There are not that many revelations to someone who follows politics closely but for the average voter this book will be dynamite. And to most readers the relentless catalogue of failures and political manoeuvring is mind-boggling and horrific. The last ten years will make sense after reading this book. This book is a must to read before the next election.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brown is a scary control freak, 28 April 2009
Having just finished reading 'Gordon Brown Prime Minister' all I can say is that I am glad I didn't read it earlier or I would have been scared for longer. The book is excellent and shows just how much of a bully and control freak Brown is, and how much of OUR money he is prepared to waste to feed his ego. In some ways the book reminded me of the biography of Mao, not because Brown is a mass murderer but because the book is a list of ever more depressing facts.
Don't read the book if you are prone to stress or you will just end up screaming out loud at the horrors that Brown has inflicted on our country as Chancellor and now a Prime Minister. The most depressing aspect is that if instead of squandering vast billions of our money Brown had actually looked at what was best for the country instead of his ego we would have amazingly good public services and a decent pension system.
As I say an interesting book but not a fun read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars No one can say he wasn't warned.
What I find very interesting about this book is that the author does not explicitly forecast the kind of Prime Minister Gordon Brown will turn out to be. Read more
Published 1 month ago by P. B. A. Morgan

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling
I'm into politics in a big way anyway - but sometimes its hard to find a compelling, impartial read. Well . . . this is it! Read more
Published 1 month ago by C. Munro

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Fiction!
This is a wonderful book of fiction that takes an ordinary human being and turns him into a raving, sulking, obsessive and vengeful individual who can do nothing right, and whose... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well Irwin (Mar 2008), now we know!
That more than 10% true and this man is as awful as this book described.

We were warned.
Published 5 months ago by milfleurs

5.0 out of 5 stars Brown
This book is an eye-opener and a damning indictment of Brown. It gives an insight into the New Labour machine and Brown's alleged nefarious activities.
Published 6 months ago by Minutor

1.0 out of 5 stars "Hello-style" Biography
Tom Bower's book is disappointing from several standpoints.
The first is that most of his quotations are unattributed. This really questions whether they were true. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ms. N. C. Browne

2.0 out of 5 stars An unfair victimisation
This book fails as the serous political biography it so desperately wants to be.
Half way through the book the bottom line is Bower does not like Brown and has decided to... Read more
Published 19 months ago by One view

5.0 out of 5 stars Meticulously researched, and horrifying
This book isn't brilliantly written, but it's racy, readable and utterly horrifying. Reading this as events continue to unfold, you'll find you'll rarely be surprised by Brown's... Read more
Published 20 months ago by J. Price

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