Blair’s BOOK a BESTSELLER

BBC News: Reports that Tony Blair’s autobiography A Journey is a major bestseller. The worry for former PM Gordon Brown must be that the books by Campbell, Mandelson and now Blair will define his time as Chancellor and then later as PM. The picture that comes across while showing deference to his intellect and his political strategy skills is of a deeply unpleasant man to be around, lets put it this way, if you had a choice of being a foxhole with Gordon Brown or going over the top you would be charging over the top in five minutes. Thus Mr Brown must think about his book, if his book is just about economics it will confirm the picture of a man who does not listen, in other words Mr Brown has to come out fighting for his political and personal reputation, this might not do Labour any good but history is a harsh mistress, once a picture is drawn its very hard to change impressions, lets hope Mr Brown has good advisors.

On the Bookstand Tonight

Have just got my copy of Tony Blair’s autobiography, just read the first chapter, have to admit am impressed, it seems our Mr Blair is self aware and funny, one thing that struck me on reading the first chapter is how honest Mr Blair is being, how after the 1997 election while every else was going off the deep end in celebration Mr Blair realised that this was a major new stage in his career. Mr Blair admits that he was afraid when he entered Downing Street for the firs time as PM. This is just the first chapter folks, but looks good, just this quick review as I have not seen this mentioned in other comments on the book. One can see why it will be a major bestseller, it seems that the Dark Prince Lord Mandelson will have a good fight on his hands in the books charts.