On May 1st 1997, Paddy Ashdown knew that any hope of a formal alliance with the Labour Party had been buried in Tony Blair's landslide election victory. This second volume of "The Ashdown Diaries" concerns the period from May 1997 until July 1999, and features Ashdown's talks with Tony Blair on proportional representation, the edgy co-operation between the two men during the first two years of Labour's administration, Ashdown's continued involvement in the Balkan wars and the last days of his leadership.
- ISBN10 0140297766
- ISBN13 9780140297768
- Publish Date 26 September 2002 (first published 2 November 2000)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 October 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 592
- Language English