Its looks as though Tony Blair’s autobiography "A Journey*, due out later this week isn't going to do as well as in the UK as its publishers initially hoped. I’m not sure whether that's down to his unpopularity or the fact that we have already had so many accounts of his and Labour's time in Office from Alistair Campbell, Peter Mandelson, Andrew Rawnsley and others that fatigue is kicking in or whether people are bored with Labour's psycho dramas of old.
But according to the Daily Telegraph ‘Sales in this country (UK) are not expected to be as high as previously predicted and orders for the book are currently lagging behind those for Nigella Lawson and Terry Pratchett, which are also published later this week.
Add to that the strict security in place and a list of banned items that autograph hunters aren’t allowed to bring to any book signing he does in the UK and you can see why further on the article they report that ‘ His aides are thought to have become increasingly alarmed at the sharp fall in his popularity in Britain since leaving office.’
Its not all bad news for Mr Blair he is due in Washington this week as Middle Eastern Envoy when the leaders of Israel and the Palestinians start a new round of peace talks and his publishers are expecting the former PM’s memoirs to be a best seller in America. Make of that what you will.Any source
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