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A Journey

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This nomination predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests.

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 6, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 09:16, 3 May 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]

Tony Blair 2009
A Journey is a 2010 memoir by Tony Blair (pictured) discussing his tenure as leader of the British Labour Party (1994–2007), and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007). Under Blair's stewardship the party was rebranded as New Labour and secured a party record of three successive terms in office. Two of the book's major themes concern Blair's strained relationship with his Chancellor Gordon Brown, and his controversial decision to participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Blair discusses Labour's future after its defeat at the 2010 general election, his relations with the Royal Family, and how he came to respect President George W. Bush. A Journey received mixed reviews; some criticised Blair's writing style, but others called it candid. Financial Times editor Lionel Barber described it as "part psychodrama, part treatise on the frustrations of leadership in a modern democracy". Blair donated his £4.6 million advance, and all subsequent royalties, to the British Armed Forces charity The Royal British Legion. It became the fastest-selling autobiography of all time at the bookstore chain Waterstones, but promotional events were marked by antiwar protests. (Full article...)

This is my first attempt at nomination so apologies for any formatting errors. 1 pt for day, 60th anniversary of author's birth. Paul MacDermott (talk) (disclaimer) 13:18, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How about the quote "part psychodrama, part treatise on the frustrations of leadership in a modern democracy" - we want to draw readers into clicking for more, right? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:02, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I like that one. I've added it, but feel free to edit it if the piece is now too long. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:07, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I was going to do the same, because it may be scheduled any minute ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:10, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]