The Rt Hon Lord Radice was Labour MP for Durham North until he was made a Life Peer in 2000. He has been Chairman of the European Movement since 1995. His previous books include Offshore: Britain and the European Idea (I.B. Tauris), Friends and Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey ('the best political book of the year' - Independent on Sunday), Diaries: 1980-2001 and The Tortoise and the Hares: Attlee, Bevin, Cripps, Dalton, Morrison.

"'He has written a cracker. He so obviously admires his subjects that he does not feel the need to conceal their faults' - Daily Telegraph 'The best political book of the year...a delight' - Independent on Sunday 'a singularly vivid and strikingly accurate piece of modern political history' - Anthony Howard, Sunday Times"

• ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart 1:Origins: New Labour’s Trio1.Provenance and Upbringing: Tony Blair2.Provenance and Upbringing: Gordon Brown3.Provenance and Upbringing: Peter MandelsonPart 2:On the Rise4Kinnock’s Young Men5Smith’s Brief Reign6The Blair / Brown Deal7The Triumph of New LabourPart 3:In Power8Learning the Ropes9Super Chancellor10Mandelson Resigns - and Resigns Again11Second LandslidePart 4: Things go Awry129/11, Bush and Afghanistan13Iraq14The Blair - Brown wars15Blair’s Legacy, Brownite CoupPart 5:Brown’s Turn16Brown in Trouble: Mandelson Returns17Credit Crunch - Brown helps “save the world”18The Fourth BattleConclusion

The Rt Hon Lord Radice was Labour MP for Durham North until he was made a Life Peer in 2000. He has been Chairman of the European Movement since 1995. His previous books include Offshore: Britain and the European Idea (I.B. Tauris), Friends and Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey ('the best political book of the year' - Independent on Sunday), Diaries: 1980-2001 and The Tortoise and the Hares: Attlee, Bevin, Cripps, Dalton, Morrison.

"'He has written a cracker. He so obviously admires his subjects that he does not feel the need to conceal their faults' - Daily Telegraph 'The best political book of the year...a delight' - Independent on Sunday 'a singularly vivid and strikingly accurate piece of modern political history' - Anthony Howard, Sunday Times"

• ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart 1:Origins: New Labour’s Trio1.Provenance and Upbringing: Tony Blair2.Provenance and Upbringing: Gordon Brown3.Provenance and Upbringing: Peter MandelsonPart 2:On the Rise4Kinnock’s Young Men5Smith’s Brief Reign6The Blair / Brown Deal7The Triumph of New LabourPart 3:In Power8Learning the Ropes9Super Chancellor10Mandelson Resigns - and Resigns Again11Second LandslidePart 4: Things go Awry129/11, Bush and Afghanistan13Iraq14The Blair - Brown wars15Blair’s Legacy, Brownite CoupPart 5:Brown’s Turn16Brown in Trouble: Mandelson Returns17Credit Crunch - Brown helps “save the world”18The Fourth BattleConclusion

The Rt Hon Lord Radice was Labour MP for Durham North until he was made a Life Peer in 2000. He has been Chairman of the European Movement since 1995. His previous books include Offshore: Britain and the European Idea (I.B. Tauris), Friends and Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey ('the best political book of the year' - Independent on Sunday), Diaries: 1980-2001 and The Tortoise and the Hares: Attlee, Bevin, Cripps, Dalton, Morrison.

"'He has written a cracker. He so obviously admires his subjects that he does not feel the need to conceal their faults' - Daily Telegraph 'The best political book of the year...a delight' - Independent on Sunday 'a singularly vivid and strikingly accurate piece of modern political history' - Anthony Howard, Sunday Times"

• ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart 1:Origins: New Labour’s Trio1.Provenance and Upbringing: Tony Blair2.Provenance and Upbringing: Gordon Brown3.Provenance and Upbringing: Peter MandelsonPart 2:On the Rise4Kinnock’s Young Men5Smith’s Brief Reign6The Blair / Brown Deal7The Triumph of New LabourPart 3:In Power8Learning the Ropes9Super Chancellor10Mandelson Resigns - and Resigns Again11Second LandslidePart 4: Things go Awry129/11, Bush and Afghanistan13Iraq14The Blair - Brown wars15Blair’s Legacy, Brownite CoupPart 5:Brown’s Turn16Brown in Trouble: Mandelson Returns17Credit Crunch - Brown helps “save the world”18The Fourth BattleConclusion