The Blunkett Tapes: My Life in the Bear Pit |
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David Blunkett
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Pages: 896 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 074758821X
Pub: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pub date: 2006-10-16
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 42730
Reader Reviews:
Irrelevant of your political beliefs - this book is very dull. (0/0 people found this helpful)
I just wanted to write a review irrelevant of any political biases or opinions on D.B.
This book is incredibly dull and tedious. It is not insightful, heart felt or remotely interesting. It literally reads like a itenary of his career in politics.
If you're looking for a thrilling political autobiography; full of gossip, exciting revelations and emotions then this is definitely not for you.
Tedious from start to finish.
A tedious waste of space (2/3 people found this helpful)
Blunkett's comments on the million-strong anti-war march of 2003 take the biscuit. He commends Blair for his resoluteness in the face of what Blunkett calls the marchers' "bellicosity"! So stupid that he cannot even acknowledge that it was his leader Blair and his cabinet of lackeys, including himself,that were being 'bellicose', lying for an unnecessary war so that Blair could get a Congressional 'Medal of Honour' for services to George W. Bush.
Quite entertaining (3/4 people found this helpful)
As happens so often I don't get films that are oscar winners, but enjoy critically panned ones. The same is true often for books. I enjoyed the way David Blunkett used original diaries and then commented on them. I did think they are too long, but nevertheless for an element of selective insight into this government it was quite enjoyable.
rebarbative nonsense (4/6 people found this helpful)
A diary is meant to be something of an exploration into a well-known persons private thoughts, aspirations and fears. moreover, their meant to be self aware and self critical. Blunkett, however, neglects these points stunningly. What one is left with is a chunky tome of conceited drivel. [...]. self-awareness - awareness of ones own faillings - is key to any stimulating diary. [...]. I must confess that i only got one hundred pages through the Blunkett tapes, reading the other pages in a desultory fashion. The book is sickeningly bad! the true low-point comes when he attends a convivial lunch with the dastardly Ruper Murdoch - makes your flesh crawl!
Boring , tedious (9/12 people found this helpful)
God - how this book goes on through endless tedious pages of self -justification! There should be a silver star for anybody who believes what is ghost-written and a gold star for anyone who finishes this boring tome. Complete waste of time - if someone gave you this as a Christmas present you will certainly know that you have upset them! It just shows that lack of ( literary) ability is no bar to the higher branches of government.
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