Didn't You Use to Be Chris Mullin: Diaries 2010-2022

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The latest volume of diaries from the bestselling author of A View from the Foothills, A Walk-On Part and Decline and Fall.

When I retired from Parliament in April 2010, I ceased keeping a diary, on the assumption that life would no longer be of sufficient interest to justify doing so. It soon became apparent that I was wrong and so before long I resumed.

As readers of the previous volume may recall, my decision to retire was accompanied by a great deal of angst. I always knew there was a life outside politics, but I wasnt confident that there would be any demand for my services. As I wrote at the time, leaving earlier than I need have done was either the best or the worst decision of my life. I wasnt sure which. As it happens it has turned out well. This past decade has seen some of the best years of my life.

I am under no illusion, however. Despite the occasional moment in the sunshine, I have never been much more than a fleabite on the body politic. On a visit to Parliament a couple of years after retiring, I came across a former colleague. He peered at me over the top of his glasses and said, Didnt you use to be Chris Mullin

Thank you, I replied. That will be the title of Volume 4.

Author Bio

Chris Mullin was the Member of Parliament for Sunderland South from 1987 to 2010. He is a former chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee and was a minister in three departments. He is the author of four novels, the best-known of which, A Very British Coup, was made into an award-winning television series. More recently he published a sequel, The Friends of Harry Perkins. His three previous volumes of diaries have been widely acclaimed.