SPEAKING MY MIND

THE NO 1 BESTSELLER Refreshingly honest Guardian Whatever your views on Varadkar and his political legacy you ll be gripped by these stories Sunday Independent There is gossip revealing text exchanges and entertaining titbits the reader gets a good sense of the pressures of serving as taoiseach Diarmaid Ferriter Irish Times Leo Varadkar shares his fascinating experience as Irish prime minister at a time of much change and turbulence in this remarkably honest memoir Leo Varadkar was an unlikely Taoiseach the youngest on taking office in 2017 the first Taoiseach to be gay and the first person of colour to be Taoiseach Equally unlikely was his decision to bow out of politics in his mid forties Now liberated from the constraints of office he tells his fascinating story with characteristic courage and candour and provides a unique insight into the formation and evolution of a senior politician In Speaking My Mind Leo Varadkar shares his pride in helping to bring about transformational changes such as marriage equality He describes experiences that only a prime minister could have speaking frankly to Pope Francis on the legacy of church abuses connecting with Barack Obama about both being the tall dark guy with the funny name navigating cha