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'This trilogy has ensured that he will join Chips Channon and Alan Clark in the pantheon of truely great diarists' --Matthew d'Ancona, Evening Standard
'A gripping read...Mullins insights are still unrivalled' --The Sunday Times
'His acerbic wit, independence of mind and self deprecating honesty have proved a refreshing antidote' --Financial Times
'Laconic, self-deprecating, Eeyorish, ironic - and hugely engaging' --Evening Standard
'A gripping read...Mullins insights are still unrivalled' --The Sunday Times
'His acerbic wit, independence of mind and self deprecating honesty have proved a refreshing antidote' --Financial Times
'Laconic, self-deprecating, Eeyorish, ironic - and hugely engaging' --Evening Standard
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Would this volume be as good as the others? I have not been disappointed.
Chris Mulin displays a high level of emotional intelligence in these fascinating diaries. He is so rarely negative - even the most unpleasant and arrogant of Parliamentary characters are portrayed with at least a degree of understanding. As a result we learn more about political life and the motivations of our representatives than is possible from those diaries that are so clearly exercises in self-justification and aggrandisement. One again Chris Mullin comes across as a warm, popular and highly committed politician. All the volumes are a perfect antidote to stories of those corrupted by power or tempted to betray their principles. What we see here is a politician emotionally and intellectually in tune with the changing world around him who understands the human condition. Ideal qualifications for a diarist. I hope there will be more to come.
Chris Mulin displays a high level of emotional intelligence in these fascinating diaries. He is so rarely negative - even the most unpleasant and arrogant of Parliamentary characters are portrayed with at least a degree of understanding. As a result we learn more about political life and the motivations of our representatives than is possible from those diaries that are so clearly exercises in self-justification and aggrandisement. One again Chris Mullin comes across as a warm, popular and highly committed politician. All the volumes are a perfect antidote to stories of those corrupted by power or tempted to betray their principles. What we see here is a politician emotionally and intellectually in tune with the changing world around him who understands the human condition. Ideal qualifications for a diarist. I hope there will be more to come.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
An excellent account of the rise of New Labour and its first two years in power from the witty pen of an observer on the inside (sort of)
If you've enjoyed the other volumes you will enjoy this one - unless possibly if you are a Mason!
If you've enjoyed the other volumes you will enjoy this one - unless possibly if you are a Mason!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just a bit put out that these diaries appear after the two volumes covering 1999-2010, ie. you have to backtrack whereas I really would have preferred to read them chronologically. However, they are such a good read and, although Mr Mullin always makes it clear he never reached the political heights, his observations and tit bits give you a real insight into the world of politics and how it works (or doesn't work). The one reservation I have in the back of my mind is that these diaries were produced in 2010 and I feel have on occasions been edited with hindsight. To be fair though Mr Mullin makes frequent favourable references to the early Stephen Byers and we all know what a rotter he turned out to be. His feet remained firmly on the ground (no ministerial car and a regular user of the 159 bus between Brixton and Westminster) he also draws a very gloomy picture of the social damage done by 18 years of Thatcherism; his constituency work in Sunderland was frequently not easy.
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