Mission Accomplished! by Matthew Parris

Mission Accomplished! by Matthew Parris

It's amazing how often politicians' most public words come back to haunt them, and Mission Accomplished is a priceless treasure-trove of their verbal blunders, indiscretions, regrettable promises, about-turns, deceptions, lies ...and just plain stupidity. Ranging across the centuries and across the globe this salutary and hugely funny book comes bang up-to-date with all those immortal lines our leaders have made into classics. 'This is a great day for France.' - Richard Nixon in Paris for the funeral of President Pompidou, 1974. 'It's not a day for sound bites; really, we can leave those at home. But I feel the hand of history on our shoulder.' - Tony Blair, on the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, 1998. 'If Prime Minister Sharon had lived...he is dead, isn't he? No? It's an easy mistake to make.' - Kim Howells, Middle East Minister, 2007. This 'skunk' is unbelievably powerful. It's completely different to - I think I'll stop there. Conservative leader, David Cameron, 2007 'I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.' - President George W. Bush, 2002

'This is a great day for France' - Richard Nixon in Paris for the funeral of President Pompidou, 1974. 'It's not a day for sound bites; really, we can leave those at home. But I feel the hand of history on our shoulder.' - Tony Blair, on the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, 1998. 'If Prime Minister Sharon had lived...he is dead, isn't he? No? It's an easy mistake to make.' - Kim Howells, Middle East Minister, 2007. 'I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.' - President George W. Bush, 2002.

A former Conservative MP, television presenter, award-winning parliamentary sketch writer, travel writer and acclaimed Times columnist, Matthew Parris is the author of a number of books, including a highly-praised autobiography and the best-selling Great Political Scandals in the same series.

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ISBN 13	9781906217662
ISBN 10	1906217661
Title	Mission Accomplished!
Author	Matthew Parris
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2008-10-25
Number of pages	272
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