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  • Hardcover: 718 pages
  • Publisher: Hutchinson; 1st edition (2 Sept. 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 009192555X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091925550
  • Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 4.6 x 24 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (246 customer reviews)
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Written in a congenial style peppered with slang and gossipy asides. At one moment he is the bloke in the pub. The next, he is Churchill. --Ben MacIntyre, The Times

This is a more honest political memoir than most and more open in many respects than I had anticipated. He is compellingly candid about how scared he was when he first became prime minister . . . He is unusually direct about his calculations, even when they don't reflect well on him . . . He admits to stretching the truth beyond 'breaking point' to secure a settlement in Northern Ireland. Even when the lies are told in a noble cause, few politicians are honest enough to admit that they sometimes feel compelled to be deceivers. --Andrew Rawnsley, Observer

I have read many a prime ministerial memoir and none of the other authors has been as self-deprecating, as willing to admit mistakes and to tell jokes against themselves --Mary Ann Sieghart, Independent

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5.0 out of 5 starsGenuinely fascinating
By Dan Adams on 3 Dec. 2010
Format: Hardcover
I have never liked Tony Blair, never liked Labour and marched against the War. I bought this book from a desire understand why Labour and particularly Tony Blair governed as they did. I could not put the book down and found it genuinely fascinating both as an insight into politics and also the role of the prime minister in modern Britain. Blair is very different from the man I was expecting and a far better man than I would have guessed. Although still against the war, he had by the end convinced me there was an argument both ways. Whilst I consider myself objective, I admit I felt a bit of shame that I definitely fell into the camp that has allowed itself to be led by media opinion of individuals rather than seriously considering a politicians argument on its merits. His reflection on the negative way the media influences politics and public opinion is spot on and this really must change. A lot of reviewers have criticised the personal style the book is written in and in normal circumstances I might agree. However A journey is such a good read that this becomes irrelevant and actually really helps to get inside the mind of a man who is making decisions with historic and grave consequences every day. The analysis of the relationships within the Labour Party is also particularly intriguing. Most of the negative reviews on this site do seem to come at the book with an agenda and also I suspect have not read the entire book or even some of it. Certainly for me it has changed my whole perspective of the New Labour years and its principle architects and is more informative than one hundred second-rate history books on the subject. To sum up, if you have any serious interest in Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its future, this is a book that should definitely be read.
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4.0 out of 5 starsWas he 'playing' us all along? I think he wrote this to tell us he was (still a good book and a fascinating guy)
By David Poyser on 4 Jan. 2016
Format: Paperback
Little incidents of Blair deceit litter even his own book. Most senior people are charming when you actually meet them, but then difficult to get hold of to harden up their commitment. Blair is in his own stratosphere, blaming his diary secretary who he has regularly told not to give certain people prime ministerial time. At one point, he is busy deceitfully saying he wants to carry on a meeting when he is irked as he is then given more time by a new diary secretary, unused to his deceitful ways. More than most, he never resigns or makes principled stands - he just plays the politics game e.g. addressing police on the iniquities of Tory legislation that 'seemed entirely sensible'. Of Diana he says 'we were both in our ways manipulative people'. The peace agreement in Northern Ireland is clearly a tribute to Blair - happy to reassure or even promise and then renege (and also let's not forget that it was part of a process of history, started by his predecessor).

He likes Mandela as he is 'wily, clever ...smart and completely capable of manipulating a situation when it suited his higher purpose.' He similarly admires Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness as they could 'cajole supporters not always being totally upfront as to what the destination meant'. Clinton's 'not telling the truth' is forgivable as it protects his family. His brilliant anecdotes about starting in politics make his seem naive - given all the army of talented people going for Labour seats, was he really that naive, or is he simply telling stories? He gets agreement for airstrikes going on Kosovo on the condition ground troops are not used and is straight away planning for the use of ground troops. He allows the hunting ban through, but manages to scupper it finally by making sure it is not adequately policed….Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsdisappointing and rather boring book
By Musicfan TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 23 Mar. 2016
Format: Paperback
I enjoy political biogrpaphies and autobiogrpahies whether or not I like or agree with he politics of the subject. Tony Blair clearly mdoernised the Labour Party (although it appears to have now regressed!).but did he change it to a sound bite media friendly machine that was more gloss than substance? Did he really as PM improve anything for anyone? People will have of course have different views. I found this book a rather boring read. It takes so long to get to the point you sometimes forget what the point was in the first place. I found interesting his relationship with Gordon Brown (no love lst there?). It was interesting to read his take on some of the crises that arose during his time. However, I could not help but feel he was out of touch with the people of some of them, which pretty much fits my view of the last Labour Governments. it is a book that for lacks sincerity. These were exciting and difficult times and the book is rather stodgy and boring. Blar did well for himself but did he do well for the country? I found myself skipping page after page to get to the point. I found it a rather disappointing and a rather boring book. It could have done with a good few hundred pages less and getting to the point quicker. I was looking forward to reading this but lam disappointed
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5.0 out of 5 starsFascinating book explaining the conundrum that is Tony Blair's political career
By A Customer on 31 Mar. 2016
Format: Paperback
As a Brit who lived in the US throughout Blair's period as PM I've always wondered how someone who won three elections (two of them landslides) ended up so vilified in the UK. His autobiography gives the reader a number of clues:

(1) Blair comes across as very smart, but also very pragmatic. He had a really good sense of how British society had changed and early on he was willing to set the government to work on what the electorate actually wanted the government to do - and he was able to get changes made - many of which were very significant in how major institutions in the UK operate.
(2) In the last few years of his period in office he appears to have given up trying to explain or even convince his colleagues or the electorate what he was up to - he just knew he was right and got on and did it. Not exactly how a democracy is supposed to work...
(3) He really thinks he is much smarter than the people around him. He clearly felt Gordon Brown was not up to the task of being PM - and blocked him for as long as he could. Subsequent experience bore his judgment out though - which is pretty telling.
(4) Politicians nowadays have a strict "sell by" date. The media gets bored with the same face for too long. Party colleagues get angry at the lack of opportunity for them because the leader refuses to move on.
(5) Iraq was a tight call - which went the wrong way for him - and exacerbated point (4) above. The book has multiple long rambling defenses of his actions on Iraq (some of the less interesting passages of the book) but in the end he made a call (the UK must stay close to the US) on a very weak hand (there was no WMD) - and paid a huge political price.Read more ›
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