Back in 2006 I nearly wrote a semi-authorised biography of David Cameron, only shortly after he had been elected leader of the Conservative Party. I had decided to take six months off, having been fairly burnt out by two failed election campaigns during 2005 (my election in North Norfolk and then the DD leadership campaign) but during that period I pitched the idea of a Cameron biography to a couple of publishers and to Cameron’s team. In the end, I pulled the project partly because I got a new job, but also I heard that Francis Elliott and James Hanning were pitching the same idea.
However, eight years later, I can announce today that I have been commissioned by HarperCollins to write an authorised biography of the Prime Minister to be published in the autumn of 2015, a few months after the general election. I am delighted that David Cameron has agreed to cooperate with the book. In return I have promised him a soft interview on LBC at a time of his choosing.
As readers may know, Lord Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott are also writing a biography of David Cameron, to be published at the same time. Er, by me.
Awkward.
I am sure the Good Lord will see the funny side of the situation and won’t be at all irritated by his own publisher writing a book on the same subject for a, er, different publisher. He’s got a great sense of humour….. hasn’t he???
I’d like to thank LBC for being very understanding about the time I will need to devote to this project. So from today I will no longer be hosting a four hour daily show. Instead, I will be broadcasting for 15 minutes every other Friday afternoon.
If I can spare the time.
UPDATE: April Fool…
