Publisher Description

On the backbenches but still in the thick of it, Decline and Fall runs from Chris Mullin's sacking as a minister by Tony ('The Man') Blair in 2005 to the fall of New Labour in May 2010. Here is politics as it really is: entertaining encounters with constituents and conspirators, tantalising glimpses behind the scenes at the courts of Blair and Brown, all set against the background of the global financial crisis and the great Expenses meltdown.

Every bit as funny and insightful as his bestselling first volume A View From The Foothills, these new diaries provide a snapshot of life in the Westminster village. Preparing to step down after twenty-three years as an MP, Mullin wryly observes 'they say failed politicians make the best diarists, in which case I am in with a chance'.

Notes

The 2nd volume of Mullin's diaries, following A View From The Foothills. The now retired Labour MP charts his life in politics from his sacking as a minister by Tony Blair in 2005 to the fall of New Labour in May 2010. Funny and insightful, it sold 23,000 copies in hardback.

Author Biography

Chris Mullin was elected Labour MP for Sunderland South in 1987. He chaired the Home Affairs select Committee and was a minister in three departments. He is the bestselling author of A View From the Foothills and A Very British Coup.

Review

Every once in a while, political diaries emerge that are so irreverent and insightful that they are destined to be handed out as leaving presents in offices across Whitehall for years to come. A View from the Foothills is one such book -- David Cameron
At a time when we are awash with memoirs of political grandees, the worms-eye view is even more valuable * New Statesman *

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Britains best-loved MP and bestselling diarist returns with his hilarious account of a New Labour backbencher

Prizes

Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards 2010 (UK)
Long-listed for Orwell Prize 2011 (UK)

Long Description

On the backbenches but still in the thick of it, Decline and Fall runs from Chris Mullin's sacking as a minister by Tony ('The Man') Blair in 2005 to the fall of New Labour in May 2010. Here is politics as it really is: entertaining encounters with constituents and conspirators, tantalising glimpses behind the scenes at the courts of Blair and Brown, all set against the background of the global financial crisis and the great Expenses meltdown. Every bit as funny and insightful as his bestselling first volume A View From The Foothills, these new diaries provide a snapshot of life in the Westminster village. Preparing to step down after twenty-three years as an MP, Mullin wryly observes 'they say failed politicians make the best diarists, in which case I am in with a chance'.

Review Text

Every once in a while, political diaries emerge that are so irreverent and insightful that they are destined to be handed out as leaving presents in offices across Whitehall for years to come. A View from the Foothills is one such book

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