Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007

This title presents a journey through the political career of Norman Baker, the independent-minded, and colourful, former Liberal Democrat MP, and a minister for state at the Home Office.

'Prelude to Power' is the first of four volumes and covers the early days of New Labour, culminating in their victory at the polls in 1997. It details the extraordinary tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

'Power and the People' is the second of four volumes, and covers the first two years of the New Labour government, beginning with their landslide victory at the polls in 1997. It details an astonishing array of events and personalities, progress and setbacks, crises and scandals, as Labour make t...

The third volume of diaries, covering 1999 to 2001. Life continues apace for Campbell and the New Labour government. Alongside the day-to-day running of the country, they deal with the fallout from the military action in Kosovo, continuing negotiations over Northern Ireland, and the pressures whi...

This is the final volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. It begins on September 11, 2001, a day which wrote itself immediately into the history books, and it ends on the day Campbell leaves Downing Street.

The 2015 election result was a disappointment for almost everyone on the progressive wing of British politics, at least in England and Wales. A shock for Labour, which had expected to capitalise on unpopular austerity measures; a disaster for the Liberal Democrats, who now face a struggle for sur...

Brandreth's diaries of his time at Westminster include an all star cast and the inside story of the Whips' Office, previously protected by an unwritten rule that what goes on inside remains confidential forever after.

This is a total re-evaluation of New Labour and Blair's years in power, with a focus on five areas: health, education, immigration, energy, and war. And then there's the more personal angles too - Blair's battle with Gordon Brown, his relations with the Palace, his private life and his controvers...

This is a total re-evaluation of New Labour and Blair's years in power, with a focus on five areas: health, education, immigration, energy, and war. And then there's the more personal angles too - Blair's battle with Gordon Brown, his relations with the Palace, his private life and his controvers...

One July afternoon in 2003, in a quiet part of Oxfordshire, a scientist went out for a walk and never came back. Dr David Kelly had been all over the news in the preceding days; as an investigator on the team which went into Iraq to check whether they had weapons of mass destruction, he had been ...