The End of the Party- The Rise and Fall of New Labour

Andrew Rawnsley's bestselling book lifts the lid on the second half of New Labour's spell in office, with riveting inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal; and entertaining portraits of the main players as Rawnsley takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of New Labour as well as the astonishing feuds and reconciliations between Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson. This paperback edition contains two revealing new chapters on the extraordinary events surrounding the 2010 General Election and its aftermath. "The end of the party delivers more of the astonishing revelations, penetrating insights and sharp wit that readers expect from Brintain's foremost political commentator and television documentary maker. It takes up the New Labour story from the day of the second election victory in 2001. The reader is treated to riveting inside accounts of all the key events, from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal. There are sharp and vivid character portaits of all the main players as Rawnsley takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of New Labour, as well as the incendiary private feuds and remarkable reconciliations between Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson"--Jacket "[This book] ... takes us behind the black door of Number 10 to provide [an] inside account of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal. This fully updated edition adds two new chapters and an epilogue. ... The fresh material covers the 2010 election campaign and Gordon Brown's final days in Downing Street to complete the ... assessment of the rise and fall of New Labour. ..."--Page [i] Focuses on the second half of New Labour's spell in office, with inside accounts of the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal. This title contains chapters on the extraordinary events surrounding the 2010 General Election and its aftermath. The original hard back edition ended with events of November 2009. "This updated edition contains two entirely new chapters and an Epilogue, which end the story" (Introduction, xi).