 Will Buckley reviewing the book in "The Guardian" wrote that "it is yet another sign of Tory decline that Boris Johnson, brightest of the new intake, has decided to publish his political memoirs within weeks of arriving at Westminster" Buckley was pessimistic regarding Johnson's future political career writing that "There will be no Cabinet post.There is unlikely to be even a Shadow Cabinet post.His achievement in holding Henley with a reduced majority in the 2001 election may be a highlight.