Ungovernable

A remarkable insight into a critical moment. Hart’s wit and tolerance makes his record of a system in crisis all the more convincing and troublingRory Stewart

He is the insiders’ insider and shows how Government works – or actually doesn’t. This is a balls-up-to-break-down account of how the Tories managed to get through multiple Prime Ministers and a large majority to fall flat on their faces. You couldn’t make it upMichael Dobbs, author of House of Cards

Simon Hart is a secret masochist – writing a diary every night after a punishing day as Chief Whip. But the result of his labours are a joy. Engrossing, entertaining, poignant and, at times, so funny I was laughing out loud. The Whips’ Office, he says, is a "field hospital" for his colleagues. Some hospital, some colleagues. Politics in the raw, and all the better for itRT Hon Jack Straw