Available from all good bookshops...
Peter Hoskin 11:00am
... this September: Tony Blair's memoirs, entititled The Journey. Question is, what does this say about his hopes for a Labour victory? Or will all the juicy Blarite-Brownite stuff be cut out? Either way, the cover will be what you see on the left.



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Andy Carpark
March 4th, 2010 11:58am Report this commentWell, hey, look, I mean, y'know.
Vulture
March 4th, 2010 12:02pm Report this commentWhat makes you think he does hope for a Bruin victory?
I think he'll be rooting for his heir.
Either way the book jacket makes him look as mad as the proverbial box of frogs. Scary.
Martyn Rowe
March 4th, 2010 12:11pm Report this commentLoving the way he positions himself just left of centre.
Or just right of centre, depending on how you look at it.
Good that.
Irene
March 4th, 2010 12:22pm Report this commentPass.
James W
March 4th, 2010 12:26pm Report this commentBook title is awful - sounds like a song chosen by Simon Cowell for the winner of X-Factor
HO Lim-peng
March 4th, 2010 12:35pm Report this commentI expect a lot of people will be wondering whether our former Prime Minister will be paying tax on his earnings from this book, or whether he is non-resident for tax purposes.
Pete
March 4th, 2010 12:38pm Report this commentHopefully we will find out Tony Blair's current tax status and whether or not he has adopted Cherie's domicile of Ireland like his kids have.
Chuck Unsworth
March 4th, 2010 12:45pm Report this commentAny chance of this bearing the slightest resemblance of truth? Still, it'll be available in your local public library soon - you'll find it in the Fiction section.
Sacre Bleu
March 4th, 2010 1:05pm Report this commentLooks like a mug shot from the Police files. May be useful at a later date, who knows? "Here's one we took earlier!"
Percy
March 4th, 2010 1:19pm Report this commentIf it's out in September, how long till you see piles of them in remainder bookshops? Perhaps Lord Paul, as a lover of finely written books, can be persuaded to buy a few thousand copies for a grateful nation.
ajs
March 4th, 2010 1:20pm Report this commentThere was a load of stuff about the Harry Potter bloke having a gay-type face, recently. This photo of Blair fits some of the parameters described by a commentator.
EyeSee
March 4th, 2010 1:24pm Report this commentIf you think it is a 'must read' (and if so, you must have way too much time on your hands and be stunningly undiscerning) then I suggest you wait a couple of months after publication and get the hardback for a quid. Remember, it has been written by one of those infinite monkeys.
If it was going to contain the unexpurgated truth, Blair would be residing in a country with whom we have no extradition treaty. Even so, I can't think of a country that is so morally corrupt that having Blair amongst them wouldn't lower the standard.
Fox in a box
March 4th, 2010 1:29pm Report this commentLe Tigre's a lot softer, it's a little more of a catalog look, I use it for footwear sometimes.
London Calling
March 4th, 2010 1:29pm Report this commentTony Blair…
The Journey to the War Tribunal
Not me, Not me, Not me
I’m busy selling Tony
And He’s Free, He’s Free, He’s Free
Free million a consultation for one word on the truth…coming to all money making
Bookshops soon…
De Rigueur
March 4th, 2010 1:34pm Report this commentMartyn,
don't be silly he's not that clever - he's off centre to make room for the publishers logo and at a later date, the words: BEST SELLER
Innocent bystander
March 4th, 2010 2:29pm Report this commentThis shallow scumbag betrayed everyone - apart from himself.
The people's con-man.
Verity
March 4th, 2010 2:56pm Report this commentThis thread wins first prize for the uniform excellence of the comments appended hereon! (as of 2:45 pm - just in case a troll has wheeled in before I posted.)
Well done, chaps!
BTW, I believe Cherie has written two spectacularly unsuccessful books that were basically remaindered the day after publication. How strange that any publisher would think anyone would pay to read the thoughts of this self-serving, totalitarian opportunist. (They may have sold in the US, though, when Blair was still pulling the wool over their eyes.) He was the Trojan horse all right.
The Bellman
March 4th, 2010 3:00pm Report this comment"... But by 2006 it was becoming obvious that, while my back was turned, the one-eyed chippy tw6t next door had f***ed everything up, so I made my excuses and left. THE END."
Will that do, sweetie?
2trueblue
March 4th, 2010 3:10pm Report this commentThe journey. To where? For goodness sake Tony get grip and find a proper title. And take your face off the front, then you might catch the odd person unawares who might buy it, by mistake.
Verity
March 4th, 2010 4:01pm Report this commentHe looks like someone who's been in prison for a long time and went crazy.
I've always thought he is gay, but he's not witty enough. On the other hand, he's made a career out of poncing about. First, at Fettes, when he was front and centre in school drama productions (played Ariel) and used to follow the headmaster around with bright ideas - "I say, sir ... don't you think ...".
Then his imitation Mick Jagger rock band, Ugly Rumours. Then poncing about kitted out as a barrister...
(I wonder if anyone footing their own legal bill ever retained him? I'd guess he was Mr Legal Aid Mediocre.)
Then poncing about as an MP, then poncing about as a prime minister, then poncing about as a war leader...
Cherie Cheroot
March 4th, 2010 4:12pm Report this comment2trueblue - Ha ha ha ha! The Journey! Pompous, self-elevating moron.
Martyn Rowe
March 4th, 2010 5:33pm Report this commentDe Rigueur.
I was only joshing :)
They probably didn't even notice it themselves!
Trafalgar
March 4th, 2010 6:13pm Report this commentVerity, an old colleague of mine hired Cherie as his divorce lawyer. He was taken to the cleaners. What was he thinking?
I always used to tell him that if he'd hired Tony, he would have lost his trousers, shoes, pipe and slippers as well as his house.
Ke H
March 4th, 2010 6:22pm Report this comment2Would you buy second-hand car from this man"
HFC
March 4th, 2010 7:26pm Report this commentI placed my order with the local Lions Club secondhand bookshop today. They reckon they will have a few copies in by October...price around 50p.
Verity
March 4th, 2010 7:35pm Report this commentI'll tell you one thing ... George W had the measure of this fellow and played to Blair's weakness for publicity and a starring role. Never underestimate - or misunderestimate - the acuity of a Texas oilman.
Noa Zrk
March 4th, 2010 7:57pm Report this commentVote UKIP/BNP and I'm sure this new Blackshirt would find he'd have to pay for his own security and explain his expenses.
A cogent argument for book burning if ever there was one.
mitch
March 4th, 2010 8:30pm Report this commentIt will look better with one of those 50p stickers placed over his face and then one for 10p over that.
A waste of a tree if ever there was one.
Chris Morriss
March 4th, 2010 9:08pm Report this commentDoesn't he really look like Gollum in that picture?
The Laughing Cavalier
March 5th, 2010 4:17pm Report this commentIt is surprising that man as vain as he would choose such an unflattering picture. Unless US sales prove especially resilient I don't see how the Publisher will recoup even a fraction of the advance. My bet is that it will be in the remainder bins by Easter 2011.
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