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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER – NOW INCLUDING THE DRAMATIC FIRST YEAR IN POWER

‘Without question the political book of the year’ Tim Shipman
‘Remarkable’ Rory Stewart
‘There are revelations on virtually every page of this addictive and compelling book’ Steve Richards, Literary Review

From electoral wipe-out to landslide victory and on into its first tumultuous year in government, Get In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour’s brutal return to power – and a blistering expose of the people who now run the country.

Drawing on unrivalled access, extensive leaks and a trove of secret WhatsApp messages, Get In tells the story of how a handful of people gamed their way to the ultimate prize in British politics – with barely a clue what to do when they got there.

‘A superb work . . . which defines the Starmer premiership’ Peter Oborne
‘Gripping . . . fast-paced’ Sunday Times
‘A rattling tale terrifically well told’ Andrew Rawnsley
‘Extraordinarily detailed and sometimes bloodstained’ Tom Baldwin, Guardian
‘Unsparing . . . brilliant’ Spectator
‘As excruciating as it is insightful’ Economist
‘An astonishing feat of journalism’ Prospect
‘A cracking read’ Financial Times
‘So many golden nuggets’ Michael Gove
‘Riveting . . . the revelations made me gasp’ Matt Chorley
‘Stuffed full of scoops’ Laura Kuenssberg
‘Devastating . . . full of lively stories’ Andrew Marr
‘Impeccably written’ Lewis Goodall
‘Gripping’ Helen Lewis

Book of the Year in the Times, Guardian, Financial Times, iNews and Telegraph

Publisher Review

Gripping, exhaustively researched and fast-paced . . . cutting one-liners . . . nuanced character studies . . . scenes are recreated novelistically . . . it reads as if the authors were alongside McSweeney and Starmer as they grappled with multiple crises — Jason Cowley * Sunday Times, *Book of the Week* * The compelling story of how one intensely motivated man grabbed control of a broken party, eviscerated its left and ruthlessly reforged Labour into a power-hungry machine . . . extremely well-sourced . . . dramatic detail . . . a rattling tale terrifically well told — Andrew Rawnsley * Observer, *Book of the Week* * Fascinating . . . devastating . . . full of lively stories . . . this is certainly a book you need to read to understand this government — Andrew Marr * New Statesman * Unsparing . . . Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund’s brilliant new history of Labour’s path back to power . . . [contains] so many golden nuggets . . . on almost every page . . . it gives you a depth and richness to understanding the tensions within the Starmer Project — Michael Gove * Spectator * Revealing . . . pacy . . . dispassionate but informed . . . a cracking read — Robert Shrimsley * Financial Times * A remarkable piece of journalism — Rory Stewart Impeccably written, impeccably researched, impeccably sourced — Lewis Goodall * The News Agents * There are revelations on virtually every page of this addictive and compelling book… Maguire and Pogrund are impressive political journalists’ — Steve Richards * Literary Review * Maguire and Pogrund . . . fish out the juicy niblets and scoops . . . revealing . . . [a] compelling account of what it took for Labour to get back, get in – and what it will require to stay there — Anne McElvoy * Evening Standard * Pogrund and Maguire . . . bring it all to life . . . If you have questions about Starmer’s budding reign . . . expect many of them to be answered — Kara Kennedy * Telegraph **** *