DC Confidential - Christopher Meyer

Christopher Meyer was the Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2003, and had previously been both John Major and Geoffrey Howe's Press Secretary. This book was published in 2005 to much controversy for some of its revelations, which some unhappy that a former Ambassador should publish such a book. Meyer is now the Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission. I've only recently read this book, and at first was a little reluctant to as I personally don't think that he should have written a book, given the trusted position that he had. However, despite that initial concern, I did persevere and read the book, and it was a disappointing ...

“The controversial memoirs of Britain’s Ambassador to the U.S. at the time of 9/11 and the Iraq War” said the dust jacket. It’s perfectly true, too. They are controversial and he was there. That’s most of the praise out of the way. I was in two minds about whether or not to buy this book for reasons I’ll explain later. It was only when three other family members said that they wouldn’t mind reading it that I succumbed and parted with my money to Amazon. Now I wish I hadn’t. Excerpts from the book were published in The Guardian and The Daily Mail in early November 2005 and it seemed that the book might offer a different perspective on the ...