UNLEASHED EB
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UNLEASHED EB

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UNLEASHED EB

About this book

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, DAILY MAIL, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES

'ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE' ED BALLS

'SENSATIONAL' DAILY MAIL

THE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSON

Boris Johnson has always been larger than life. Controversial, untrammelled by the normal rules of politics, his route to becoming Britain's prime minister included a landmark career as a journalist, two terms as London's mayor, leading the Vote Leave Brexit campaign and acting as foreign secretary. He won the largest Tory majority since 1987 when he went to the polls in December 2019 for a mandate to 'Get Brexit Done' – only to have his administration hit by the global Covid pandemic and toppled in a Tory putsch.

Unleashed is his account of his time in politics, and a book that shatters the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir. Written in his inimitable style, it is honest, unrestrained and deeply revealing about the politician who has dominated our times.

This is his story of the fifteen years since he trounced Ken Livingstone at the polls to become mayor of London. Riots, tackling knife crime, bikes, buses, the London Olympics, and so much more. He writes about his role in Brexit, takes readers through all the big decisions and his reasons for taking them, and describes how he nearly died from Covid.

Underlying everything in the book is his view that the UK is an extraordinary country and should have an exceptional future. These are the reflections of a political leader who believes fundamentally in levelling up – that there are millions of people in Britain who do not have the present they need or the future they deserve, and that it is the first job of politicians to put this right.

It is all here. From soup to nuts, warts and all. As a journalist he was famed as a blurter of unsayable truths, and he has drawn again on this quality for the book. About people, policies, mistakes and triumphs. This is it – the reality as he saw it: unvarnished, unlocked, unleashed.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Note to Readers
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Part One – Trapped
  8. 1 The Curse of Spiderwoman
  9. 2 Poisoned Chalice
  10. 3 Locked-in Syndrome
  11. 4 The Madder Hulk Gets …
  12. 5 Earthquake
  13. Part Two – London
  14. 6 The Greatest City on Earth
  15. 7 Crisis in London
  16. 8 The Cult of the Knife
  17. 9 The Cycling Revolution
  18. 10 Hop On, Hop Off
  19. 11 London Burning
  20. 12 A Summer Like No Other
  21. 13 Miracle in Battersea
  22. 14 Copping Out in Copenhagen
  23. 15 Some More Radical Solutions
  24. Part Three – Confessions of a Eurosceptic
  25. 16 Prawn Cocktail Flavour Crisps
  26. 17 Voting Leave
  27. 18 Inside the Bus
  28. 19 Triumph – and Disaster
  29. Part Four – Global Britain
  30. 20 Soft Power Superpower
  31. 21 Brexit in America
  32. 22 Britain Abroad
  33. 23 Mayhem in Mesopotamia
  34. 24 Killing Gaddafi
  35. 25 The Butcher of Aleppo
  36. 26 Gøing Gløbal
  37. 27 Selling the Same Camel Twice
  38. 28 Freeing Nazanin
  39. 29 Putin the Poisoner
  40. 30 Golden No More
  41. 31 Teach Her to Read
  42. Part Five – Crunch Time
  43. 32 The Road to Serfdom
  44. 33 Chucking Chequers
  45. Part Six – A Great Plan for Britain
  46. 34 Infrastructure Revolution
  47. 35 Zoonotic Nightmare
  48. 36 How the Crisis Began
  49. 37 Intensive Care Unit
  50. 38 Silent Streets
  51. 39 Closing Schools
  52. Part Seven – The Fightback Begins
  53. 40 Build Back Better
  54. 41 Fighting the Tide
  55. 42 Dilyn Sniffs a Mole
  56. Part Eight – 2021: A Vaccine-Led Resurgence
  57. 43 If I Had a Hammer
  58. 44 Vaccination Miracle
  59. 45 Roll-Out!
  60. 46 Surviving the Bear-Pit
  61. 47 Triumph at Carbis Bay
  62. 48 Collapse in Kabul
  63. 49 Saving the Planet
  64. 50 Omigod It’s Omicron
  65. Part Nine – War in Europe
  66. 51 An Unprovoked Invasion
  67. 52 The Battle for Kyiv
  68. 53 The Cost of War
  69. 54 Night Train to Ukraine
  70. 55 Welcome to Kent, Twinned with Kigali
  71. 56 Dear Sir Graham
  72. 57 Britain and India
  73. Part Ten – Last Months
  74. 58 A Torrid Sort of Summer
  75. 59 Some Pointers for the Future
  76. 60 Balmoral
  77. Afterword
  78. Thanks
  79. Notes
  80. Illustrations
  81. Picture Section
  82. Index
  83. Also by the Author
  84. About the Author
  85. About the Publisher