Full name: A View From The Foothills: The Diaries of Chris Mullin

Author: Chris Mullin Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781846682308 1846682304

'It is said that failed politicians make the best diarists. In which case I am in with a chance.' Chris MullinChris 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. Similar books: The Blair Years by Alastair Campbell Outsider in the White House by Bernie Sanders Blinded by the Right by David Brock Back from the Brink by Alistair Darling Chance Witness by Matthew Parris Things Can Only Get Better by John O'Farrell I Ain't Got Time to Bleed by Jesse Ventura Believer by David Axelrod Not Quite the Diplomat by Chris Patten All Too Human by George Stephanopoulos Locked in the Cabinet by Robert B. Reich Rewriting History by Dick Morris Reasons to Be Cheerful by Mark Steel Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken The Obama Nation by Jerome R. Corsi