Thrilled that Rachel read her story.

I loved this so much. Couldn't put it down. Such a self-deprecating, modest, fun and very clever woman. The end is fabulous. What Al said to her. Makes up for everything else he's ever done or said in haste. It's an important background to the logistics of the politial world and who it attracts into it.

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Fab insight and very entertaining

I thoroughly enjoyed this, interesting, honest and insightful, well written and well read by Ms Johnson. Definitely recommend, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. You will also gain a couple of great new words which hopefully will also now be added to the English dictionary.

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Interesting —- an excellent tale

I couldn’t stop listening to this. The author reads with warmth and vigour and is an excellent story teller. Loads of amusing moments during a tale of losers and winners It’s certainly worth listening to from start to finish. Rachel tells it as it is ..

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How very down to Earth and normal she is.

I downloaded this after watching Rachel on Britain’s Best Home Cook (!) The book is a very honest record of her attempt to stop Brexit. Will look for more of her stuff.

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Highly entertaining

A hugely entertaining romp through a dismal period of history. Rachel J is a fine humourist, but gets in some enjoyable jabs at her great nemesis, Miss Widdecombe, and the grim figure of Chuka Umunna ... whose folly it was to hire RJ as lead candidate for Change UK in the first place. Despite her efforts to keep things soufflé light, there’s some real depth here too - genuine anger at the B****t debacle, and anguish at her beloved bro’s recklessness. Enjoyably indiscreet, and the description of Cameron’s tennis swearing is worth the price of admission alone. It’s pretty short, and the occasional fluff in reading was not remedied, but if you’re already inclined to like RJ then you’ll probably like this too.

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Fantastic

Insight into one of the most influential families in the UK of my life time . Loved the fact it was read by the author themselves

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Engaging and funny

I really enjoyed this book. As always, Rachel is funny, articulate and very engaging. I really liked her anecdotes about her childhood. As always, she is polite and pleasant about people who have clearly been less than friendly towards her (Ann Widdecombe).
This is definitely worthy of a listen, regardless of where your politics lie.

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Great listen

Fantastic. I didn't know to much about Rachel before listening to her book. I seen her on CBB and read a few of her articles. Rachel should be proud of everything she has achieved. Her talents are not compatible to her families. Carry on being you.

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Honest and Funny

A really interesting story with some proper
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Heartfelt and Honest , throughly recommend an interesting life , some fantastic experiences shared .

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Jumping on a sinking ship

"If I hadn't been born, Boris would never have been Prime Minister," Rachel Johnson claims in this gutsy, guileless account of her lamentable failure to stand as an MEP candidate for the new-born pro-Remain Change UK party which was doomed to ignominious failure despite the Herculean efforts of its dis-organised members to keep it going. Rachel (Rake to her family & hence the book's witty title) was, as she quipped catastrophically in a Times interview, the rat that jumped ONTO the sinking ship. The gargantuan human effort, time and money poured into the run-up to the ultimate failure of Change UK is detailed at breathless speed as Rachel whizzes between London and the West Country.

Yes, Boris probably wouldn't have been PM if he hadn't had his little sister only 15 months younger than he was, fiercely clever, tough, determined, ambitious, savagely competitive snapping at his heels. No wonder as a child Boris said he was going to be 'king of the world'. The book is fascinating in its absolute honesty as Rachel's faults and shortcomings are ruthlessly laid bare. Her rapier-sharp facts and opinions about people are deliciously indiscreet. Her arch Brexit enemy outspoken Ann Widdicombe probably loathes Rachel as much as Rachel loathes Ann; Meghan Markle's ordered home birth ended up as a Medivac to hospital; Rachel's friend and foul-mouthed tennis partner David Cameron is described in print as an 'egg-faced c***'.

Rachel's fierce love for Boris is obvious, even though she is sick of always being called Boris's sister, and the soreness of her star sinking as his was rising astronomically must have been extremely galling. What I found most interesting was the family background - her mother who sat her finals pregnant with her first child, an artist who displays paintings of herself and Rachel's stepfather on the walls, and above all her father Stanley (currently seemingly on every celebrity show there is) who has achieved the life he never had through his eldest son. Rachel admits to the Oedipal in this, and you can't help feeling sorry for the man for whom his son's Brexit is viscerally against all that he holds dear. Rachel ponders whether Johnson family Christmas dinner can happen again.

There's no denying Rachel's phenomenal powerful cleverness. Her writrng is crisp and witty filled with literary and cultural allusions, inventive metaphors and similes and laugh-aloud playing with words - the 'poo-nami' which is baby-care, and the 'catastrof***' which is Change UK's trajectory. You may lose patience with Rachel at times - having been criticised for having two Agas, she justifies it by saying that she has two houses! But you have to admire her. It takes guts and commitment to fight a public battle you know you'll lose - and it all makes great listening.

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