Blair memoirs spark security fears
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to follow cabinet colleagues next month with the publication of his memoirs, A Journey.
The tome will be launched at Waterstone’s Piccadilly branch on September 8 but Blairites face a daunting security cordon to reach their hero after the book chain published a lengthy list of clauses and provisos that punters must bridge to clap eyes on the elder statesman.
Perhaps mindful of the ongoing controversy swirling around such decisions as Iraq Blair is demanding that no customers be photographed alongside him and no personalised dedications will be allowed.
However a disclaimer states there is no “guarantee that Blair will sign the customers book.” For which he has received a £4.6m advance.
It follows reports in satirical magazine Private Eye that Gordon Brown's latest effort, 'Change We Choose', has been a spectacular flop, shifting a derisory 32 copies thus far.