The Blair Years

Infobox Book
name = The Blair Years


author = Alastair Campbell
country = United Kingdom
language = English
subject =
genre = Memoir
publisher = Random House
media type = Print (Hardback)
release_date = July 9, 2007
pages= 816
isbn = ISBN 0091796296

"The Blair Years" is a book by Alastair Campbell, featuring extracts from his diaries detailing the period he worked for Tony Blair [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6431817.stm Article containing information about the publication] . BBC. Retrieved March 8, 2007.] . Published by Random House, the book was released on July 9 2007, only two weeks after Tony Blair stood down as Prime Minister. As the first major insider diary of the Blair era published, many of the revelations in the book were reported on by major news organisations, including:

*Tony Blair had considered resigning as early as June 2002.
*During the buildup to the Commons vote on the Iraq War, Civil servants had been making contingency plans for an interim government led by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had Blair lost the vote. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6282106.stm]

BBC 2 produced a three part series entitled "The Alastair Campbell Diaries" based on the book.

Paperback published Aug 2008, ISBN 0099514753

References

External links

* [http://www.alastaircampbelldiaries.co.uk Official website]
*imdb title|id=1070916|title=The Alastair Campbell Diaries