Trio

Inside the Blair, Brown, Mandelson Project

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Blair: charming, charismatic and a great communicator but undermined by an unshakeable conviction that he was right. Brown: in private, warm and witty; in public, an authoritative Chancellor but a wooden and curiously un-self-confident Prime Minister. Mandelson: for Blair, supreme courtier and chief adviser; for Brown, from arch-enemy to polished political life-saver. Among the most controversial figures in Britain's recent history, these three architects of New Labour together shaped Britain - and into the first decade of the 21st century. "Trio" charts their rise to power and their undoubted achievements, both individually and collectively, alongside their quarrels, failings and failures. It offers remarkably clear-sighted portraits of three powerful men who created a new politics in Britain, making Labour electable - and then back again - in 12 turbulent years.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-08-26
Mått156 x 234 x 28 mm
Vikt518 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor306
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781848854451

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The Rt Hon Lord Radice was Labour MP for Durham North until he was made a Life Peer in 2000. He has been Chairman of the European Movement since 1995. His previous books include Offshore: Britain and the European Idea (I.B. Tauris), Friends and Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey ('the best political book of the year' - Independent on Sunday), Diaries: 1980-2001 and The Tortoise and the Hares: Attlee, Bevin, Cripps, Dalton, Morrison.

ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart 1:Origins: New Labour’s Trio1.Provenance and Upbringing: Tony Blair2.Provenance and Upbringing: Gordon Brown3.Provenance and Upbringing: Peter MandelsonPart 2:On the Rise4Kinnock’s Young Men5Smith’s Brief Reign6The Blair / Brown Deal7The Triumph of New LabourPart 3:In Power8Learning the Ropes9Super Chancellor10Mandelson Resigns - and Resigns Again11Second LandslidePart 4: Things go Awry129/11, Bush and Afghanistan13Iraq14The Blair - Brown wars15Blair’s Legacy, Brownite CoupPart 5:Brown’s Turn16Brown in Trouble: Mandelson Returns17Credit Crunch - Brown helps “save the world”18The Fourth BattleConclusion