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Praise for 'The Tortoise and the Hares', also by Giles Radice: 'Blending personalities and politics is a Giles Radice speciality' --Peter Hennessy
Praise for 'Friends and Rivals', also by Giles Radice: 'He has written a cracker. He so obviously admires his subjects that he does not feel the need to conceal their faults' --Daily Telegraph
'The best political book of the year...a delight' --Independent on Sunday
Praise for 'Friends and Rivals', also by Giles Radice: 'He has written a cracker. He so obviously admires his subjects that he does not feel the need to conceal their faults' --Daily Telegraph
'The best political book of the year...a delight' --Independent on Sunday
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Blair: charming, charismatic and a great communicator but undermined by an unshakeable conviction that he was right. Brown: in private, warm and witty; in public, an authoritative Chancellor but a wooden and curiously un-self-confident Prime Minister. Mandelson: for Blair, supreme courtier and chief adviser; for Brown, from arch-enemy to polished political life-saver. Among the most controversial figures in Britain's recent history, these three architects of New Labour together shaped Britain - and into the first decade of the 21st century. 'Trio' charts their rise to power and their undoubted achievements, both individually and collectively, alongside their quarrels, failings and failures. It offers remarkably clear-sighted portraits of three powerful men who created a new politics in Britain, making Labour electable - and then back again - in 12 turbulent years. Praise for 'Friends and Rivals', also by Giles Radice: 'a singularly vivid and strikingly accurate piece of modern political history' - Anthony Howard, Sunday Times; 'fascinating...[a] splendid triple portrait.' - Roy Hattersley, New Statesman; 'A gripping piece of narrative...an enthralling read' - Literary Review; 'Required reading' - Tam Dalyell, Scotsman; 'Far more than an eloquent and elegiac account of Labour's post-war half-century.'- Polly Toynbee, Guardian; 'a collector's item' - Peter Hennessy; 'compelling' - Financial Times; 'A fine and fair triple portrait of Labour s leading post-war politician-intellectuals' - John Lloyd, Times Literary Supplement; 'excellent' - The Times; 'Brilliant' - Prospect
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Format:Hardcover
Giles Radice's "Trio" is a fast paced and highly readable account of the rise and fall of New Labour, and the three men at its heart. The work benefits both from the author's personal acquaintance with the trio, and also his lack of personal commitment to either "Blairite" or "Brownite" camps. Its neutral observations of the latters' competition for power stands in marked, and refreshing, contrast to the inevitably partisan views expressed in Blair's recent autobiography; "A Journey."
The story of New Labour's development from modernization of the party in the later 1980s and 90s, through to decisive electoral success, government, and ultimately infighting and defeat is delivered with political analysis few would challenge. (E.g, the importance of a wide electoral coalition in the 1997 victory, the damage done by Iraq to this broad appeal.)
Criticism of the work as excessively focusing on key individuals to the detriment of broader socio-economic factors has been made in some quarters. Whilst "Trio" undeniably views New Labour as "the Blair, Brown, Mandelson Project", seemingly confirming this critique, it is ultimately a work of biography, and, in this specific endeavour, is highly successful.
Slightly premature perhaps is its confidence in proclaiming the long term legacy of New Labour, arguing it left Britain a "social democratic country", with its influence likely to last into the foreseeable future. Amidst deep current cuts to the social spending initiated by New Labour, this judgment seems slightly premature, and from a progressive perspective, wishful thinking.
Despite these qualifications, "Trio" represents a highly robust, engaging and readable account of the rise and fall of Blair, Brown and Mandelson, and the political movement they spearheaded. As a neutral contribution to the increasingly partisan discussion of their relationships, it can only be recommended.
The story of New Labour's development from modernization of the party in the later 1980s and 90s, through to decisive electoral success, government, and ultimately infighting and defeat is delivered with political analysis few would challenge. (E.g, the importance of a wide electoral coalition in the 1997 victory, the damage done by Iraq to this broad appeal.)
Criticism of the work as excessively focusing on key individuals to the detriment of broader socio-economic factors has been made in some quarters. Whilst "Trio" undeniably views New Labour as "the Blair, Brown, Mandelson Project", seemingly confirming this critique, it is ultimately a work of biography, and, in this specific endeavour, is highly successful.
Slightly premature perhaps is its confidence in proclaiming the long term legacy of New Labour, arguing it left Britain a "social democratic country", with its influence likely to last into the foreseeable future. Amidst deep current cuts to the social spending initiated by New Labour, this judgment seems slightly premature, and from a progressive perspective, wishful thinking.
Despite these qualifications, "Trio" represents a highly robust, engaging and readable account of the rise and fall of Blair, Brown and Mandelson, and the political movement they spearheaded. As a neutral contribution to the increasingly partisan discussion of their relationships, it can only be recommended.
Format:Hardcover
This is a well written and absorbing book that gives the background to how three powerful politicians allowed the country to fall into debt and undo the good they had achieved in earlier years. Their concentration on succesfully spinning their policies hoodwinked the electorate in to believing their never would be a payback day for their seemingly effortless rise in prosperity but which we now know was built on debt. An essential read for the present generation of politicians.
Format:Hardcover
If you wish an insight into the "trio" then this is not the book - no more detail or "inside information" than you would have gathered from a reading of the newspapers. A student new to the events will find this helpful but if you have any familiarity with events of '97 - 2010 then Andrew Rawnsley's booksThe End of the PartyServants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour are far more informative and entertaining.
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