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A View From The Foothills

The Diaries of Chris Mullin

By (author) Chris Mullin
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Published: 14th Jan 2010
Dimensions: w 128mm h 192mm d 42mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN-10: 1846682304
ISBN-13: 9781846682308
Barcode No: 9781846682308
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Synopsis
'It is said that failed politicians make the best diarists. In which case I am in with a chance.' Chris Mullin Chris Mullin has been a Labour MP for twenty years, and despite his refusal to toe the party line - on issues like 90 days detention, for example - he has held several prominent posts. To the apoplexy of the whips, he was for a time the only person appointed to government who voted against the Iraq War. He also chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee and was a member of the Parliamentary Committee, giving him direct access to the court of Tony Blair. Irreverent, wry and candid, Mullin's keen sense of the ridiculous allows him to give a far clearer insight into the workings of Government than other, more overtly successful politicians. He offers humorous and incisive takes on all aspects of political life: from the build-up to Iraq, to the scandalous sums of tax-payers' money spent on ministerial cars he didn't want to use. His critically acclaimed diary will entertain and amuse far beyond the political classes.

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The sharpest and most revealing political diaries since Alan Clark's. -- Simon Hoggart * Guardian * Chris Mullin's diaries deserve to become the central text for understanding the Blair years -- Peter Riddell * The Times * At the moment my favourite Labour MP is Chris Mullin, partly because I enormously enjoyed A View From The Foothills -- William Hague * Independent *