A volume of diaries published to widespread acclaim. Alan Clarke meets Yes Minister in this wry and self-deprecating diary about life in the New Labour Government from 1999 to 2007.

“The most wickedly indiscreet and elegant memoirs since those of Alan Clark” – Mail on Sunday

“The most valuable set of diaries to emanate from the now interred corpse of new Labour; the most revelatory and also…the most entertaining.” – Rod Liddle, Sunday Times

“A political diary that stands with the best, alongside Alan Clark and Chips Channon” – Joan Bakewell.

“The sharpest and most revealing political diaries since Alan Clark.” – Simon Hoggart, Guardian

“…gems sprinkled across every page…” – Peter Hain

“Every once in a while, political diaries emerge that are so irreverent and, so insightful that they are destined to be handed out as leaving presents across Whitehall for years to come…” – David Cameron

“Chris Mullin’s diaries deserve to become the central text for understanding the Blair years” – Peter Riddell, chief political commentator of The Times

Published in 2009 by Profile Books