The Unfulfilled Prime Minister: Tony Blair's Quest for a Legacy - Hardcover

Riddell, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1842751131 ISBN 13: 9781842751138

Publisher: Politico's Publishing Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

On that sunny Friday morning back in May 1997 Tony Blair promised so much, but seven years later his premiership seems a huge disappointment. Why and how has he failed to deliver on the optimism of his early months? Peter Riddell goes behind the jibes about a presidential prime minister, control-freakery, the Third Way and 'phoney Tony' to anatomise why in the public services performance has signally failed to live up to expectations and the war against Iraq has left the premier embattled and mistrusted, even by many on his own side. An incisive and informed analysis of political unfulfilment.

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Review:

"'Riddell's singular status arises from his being listened to with particular care from the Prime Minister down to undergraduates on politics courses.' Peter Hennessy"

About the Author:

Peter Riddell is assistant editor of The Times. His previous books include The Thatcher Government (1983), The Thatcher Decade (1989), Honest Opportunism (1993) and Parliament Under Blair (Politico's, 2000). His most recent book is Hug Them Close: Blair, Clinton, Bush and the 'Special Relationship', which won the Channel 4 Political Book of the Year Award for 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Politico's Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1842751131
• ISBN 13: 9781842751138
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256