The Blair Years av Alastair Campbell

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<p><i>The Blair Years</i> is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell''s daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair''s leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life. <br><br>Here are the defining events of our time, from Labour''s new dawn to the war on terror, from the death of Diana to negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland, from Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, through to the Hutton Inquiry of 2003, the year Campbell resigned his position at No 10. But above all here is Tony Blair up close and personal, taking the decisions that affected the lives of millions, under relentless and often hostile pressure. <br><br>Often described as the second most powerful figure in Britain, Alastair Campbell is no stranger to controversy. Feared and admired in equal measure, hated by some, he was pivotal to the founding of New Labour a