'Barbara Castle's diary shows more about the nature of Cabinet government than any previous publication...it is compulsive reading.' London Review of Books Mrs Castle has now abridged her original two-volume text for this one-volume edition to offer a concise yet comprehensive and controversial day-by-day account of her experience as a Cabinet Minister through the Wilson and Callaghan administrations. With characteristic frankness and a sharp cutting-edge of wit, she throws revealing new light on colleagues and opponents.