Tony Blair
Blair and Brown, the story that keeps on running and running
Adam Boulton is exceptionally well sourced in the Blair circle so the extract from his updated history of the Blair years makes for fascinating reading. It shows how Blair is… Continue reading
16 CommentsThis’ll be worth watching
The Daily Telegraph reports today that Cherie Blair will campaign for Gordon Brown at the next election. She told Tim Walker that "I will personally get involved in the electoral… Continue reading
38 CommentsBlair the chameleon?
A new book on John Howard’s government, by the veteran Australian politcal journalist Paul Kelly, has a nice account of the Australian PM’s first encounter with Tony Blair: "At one… Continue reading
53 CommentsGove pushes his agenda
If you can divert your attention away from the Ashes for a second, then I’d recommend you read John Rentoul’s fascinating interview with Michael Gove in today’s Independent on Sunday. … Continue reading
18 CommentsDoes Mandelson remember that Blair thought cross-dressing was a good idea?
Peter Mandelson has been getting very cross, and rather personal, about George Osborne’s ‘political cross dressing”. But during the Blair era, it was New Labour politicians who were keen on… Continue reading
7 CommentsNo Brits in Europe’s likely new line-up
With the Swedish EU Presidency beginning, and most diplomats mildly optimistic that the Lisbon treaty will be approved by the Irish in a new referendum, European leaders have turned their… Continue reading
36 CommentsBlair is right on climate change
Ahead of Tony Blair’s launch of a report on climate change, he’s given an interview to The Sunday Times. The interviewer Jonathan Leake is highly sceptical of Blair and takes… Continue reading
51 CommentsObama and the Blair Succession
There was the pretence that all government spending is "investment" and there was some familiar-sounding talk of "bubble and bust" but most of all Barack Obama’s press conference was designed… Continue reading
3 CommentsSome Thoughts on Political History
The brutal truth about politics is that a whole career can often be telescoped into a single defining event. The judgement of history can be particularly cruel on unlucky Prime… Continue reading
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