Is Laws writing himself out of a return to government?
Peter Hoskin 9:02am
A noteworthy snippet in Andrew Pierce's column this morning:
Not that this would completely scupper his colleagues' plans to draft Laws back into government, of course. But, as we've seen with the spate of New Labour memoirs, insiders' accounts do tend to wait until the insider has left government for good."[David Laws] is hard at work on a book. The title - 22 Days In May - is hardly likely to set pulses racing, but the book will be the first insider account of the negotiations which led to the coalition. Laws is also planning to cover the early days of the Government - days which, of course, include his downfall."
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Chuck Unsworth
September 21st, 2010 10:00am Report this comment"But, as we've seen with the spate of New Labour memoirs, insiders' accounts do tend to wait until the insider has left government for good."
That's not entirely so, is it? In any event, insiders' accounts are commonplace. They are called 'leaks'.
Dan Grover
September 21st, 2010 11:08am Report this commentChuck - that's what "tend" means. Ie often but not always.
Michael St George
September 21st, 2010 11:34am Report this comment"Not that this would completely scupper his colleagues' plans to draft Laws back into government, of course."
Personally speaking, I'd like to see Laws back in the Government - he'd be better than that dangerous fool Huhne. But until both Laws and his colleagues can fully accept that the reason he is no longer in the Government is nothing whatsoever to do with his sexuality, but everything to do with his financial malpractice on his expenses, he shouldn't return.
TrevorsDen
September 21st, 2010 12:14pm Report this commentIf the enquiry more or less clears him he will probably come back eventually. If Blair can write his version of history Laws probably thinks 'why not me?'
I do not think Labour will come out of the story very well either.
Chuck Unsworth
September 21st, 2010 12:36pm Report this commentEr Dan, I think you're missing the point slightly. 'Tend' in terms of formal 'memoirs' maybe - although there were notable exceptions to the generally accepted norms, but there was constant outpouring of 'insiders' accounts' throughout the thirteen years of hell.
Naturally I look forward to Brown's version of history in due course. Judging from (reported) prodigious works it'll be Wheelbarrows to Waterstones. Still, it will no doubt substantially help the troubled print and paper pulp industries.
Peter Crystal
September 22nd, 2010 12:14am Report this commentMaybe he'll say why he made public Liam Byrne's letter, then tried to win some pathetic point of principle by not releasing the actual note. Talk about a typical Lib Dem, having cake and eating it.
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