<p>''We have had diaries from other Cabinet Ministers, but none I <br>think which have been quite so illuminating... It is a <br>fascinating diary... It is shorter than Barbara Castle''s... and <br>although it is rather more accurate than Dick Crossman''s, it<br>is distinctly funnier'' - Lord Allen of Abbeydale (formerly<br>Permanent Secretary at the Home Office) in <i>The Times</i><br><br>''It has an entertainment and educational value which is<br>unique. It is uproariously funny and passes the acid test of<br>becoming more amusing at every subsequent reading... I will<br>go so far as to claim that in the characters of Jim Hacker and<br>Sir Humphrey Appleby, Messrs Lynn and Jay have created<br>something as immortal as P.G. Wodehouse''s Bertie Wooster<br>and Jeeves'' - Brian Walden in <i>The Standard</i></p>