A View from the Foothills

Informationen zum Autor 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 author of the A View From the Foothills and Decline and Fall (Profile) and the novel A Very British Coup (Serpent's Tail) Klappentext '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.´The most wickedly indiscreet and elegant political memoirs since Alan Clark´ Mail on Sunday Zusammenfassung The author has been a Labour MP for 20 years, and despite his refusal to toe the party line, he has held several prominent posts. This book offers humorous and incisive takes on various 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.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Mullin, Mullin Chris
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.01.2010
• EAN: 9781846682308
• ISBN: 978-1-84668-230-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Autobiography: historical, political & military, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Diaries, letters and journals, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Central / national / federal government, Central government