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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

THE BESTSELLING INSIDER STORY OF WESTMINSTER'S BLOODIEST POWER BATTLES
THE MOST REVEALING POLITICAL MEMOIR OF THE YEAR

'Refreshingly honest' The Telegraph

'Deliciously bitchy' New Statesman

'Awaited with bated breath by political insiders' Tatler

David Cameron. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak. Five prime…

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A memoir which reveals more than most political autobiograohies. Pacy and dramatic and very detailed. But also very human,

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