Andrew Rawnsley Livres

Andrew Rawnsley's bestselling book lifts the lid on the second half of New Labour's spell in office, with riveting inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal; and entertaining portraits of the main players as Rawnsley takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of New Labour as well as the astonishing feuds and reconciliations between Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson. This paperback edition contains two revealing new chapters on the extraordinary events surrounding the 2010 General Election and its aftermath.

"Andrew Rawnsley, the award-winning political commentator and broadcaster, measures the successes and failures of the least experienced cabinet to take office in more than a century, as it battles to master the challenges of government. He teases out the contradictions and explores the conflicts within the New Labour project. With vividly drawn portraits of the key players and accounts of the turbulent relationships between them, he takes us through the decisive episodes in the government's development to reveal the ambitions, fears and motives of New Labour from the inside."--BOOK JACKET