The Rivals

the intimate story of a political marriage

Plot

"Tony Blair and Gordon Brown shared a tiny windowless office when they first entered the House of Commons in 1983, and two quite different characters began an intimate parliamentary life together. Theirs is a story of intense friendship and rivalry, with an exotic cast that inludes Peter Mandelson, who found he had to choose between the two, anointing one for the highest office and deeply wounding the other. Characters and events mingle and unfold to reveal how the union that seemed able to withstand all storms changed in the crucible power, and how rival gangs fought relentlessly for glory. Such is life behind the doors of Downing Street.".