As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson’s ‘pooper-scooper’. Riotously candid, these diaries cover the most turbulent period in recent British political history: the eve of the 2016 referendum to the UK’s eventual exit from the EU. Duncan records a treasure-trove of insider gossip, giving biting and often hilarious accounts of petty rivalries, poor decision-making, big egos, and big crises. A rich seam of high politics and low intrigue, this is an account from deep inside the engine room of power.