Blair »

Blair Advisers Oppose Brown’s Terrorism Plan in House of Lords

Mick Meaney July 9, 2008 0

By Kitty Donaldson | Two of Tony Blair’s former ministers and his top domestic security official said they will vote against anti-terrorism laws proposed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the upper chamber of

Read More »

Blair thought Brown a liar, says Levy

Mick Meaney April 28, 2008 2

By Patrick Wintour | The foreign secretary, David Miliband, warned yesterday that disloyalty to the prime minister would be fatal after a former Labour party fundraiser claimed that Tony Blair regarded Gordon Brown as a

Read More »

Blair went to war on a lie, law lords told

Mick Meaney February 13, 2008 1

By Nigel Morris The mothers of two teenage soldiers killed in Iraq accused Tony Blair’s government of going to war “on a lie” as they took their fight for a public inquiry into the

Read More »

Tony Blair eyes ‘president of Europe’ job

Mick Meaney February 3, 2008 0

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is reportedly eying a new political office — president of Europe. Blair has been discussing the post of president of the council of the European Union, a post

Read More »

Criticism For BUTCHER Blair Over Conversion

Mick Meaney December 24, 2007 1

Tony Blair’s conversion to Catholicism has been criticised by commentators who argue his views as PM were at odds with church teachings. Tony Blair has met Pope Benedict Mr Blair was welcomed into the

Read More »

Son of Satan is Unhappy. Wonder Why?

Mick Meaney November 18, 2007 0

Tony Blair is supposed to be enjoying the high life after leaving office but friends say he is miserable On the face of it, retirement seems to agree with Tony Blair. He is leaner

Read More »

Blair accused of ‘gold-digging’

Mick Meaney November 11, 2007 0

Tony Blair has been accused of “gold-digging” and “money-sucking” after he reportedly charged £240,000 for giving a speech in China. The China Youth Daily newspaper said the address had been like “listening to some

Read More »

£240,000 for Tony Blair’s not so great speech

Mick Meaney November 9, 2007 0

£240,000 for Tony Blair’s not so great speech on greatness Jane Macartney and Francis Elliot The banquet was readied, the Château Lafite was at room temperature and the 700 guests were in their chairs

Read More »

Campbell: We all had doubts about Iraq except Tony

CW July 9, 2007 1

By Andrew Grice All of Tony Blair’s closest aides had “severe moments of doubt” about his decision to join the American invasion of Iraq, Alastair Campbell reveals in his diaries, published today. Downing Street’s

Read More »

Blair wanted to quit before Iraq war

CW July 8, 2007 0

By David Cracknell TONY BLAIR wanted to quit as prime minister a year before the Iraq war, according to Alastair Campbell, his former communications director. He told Campbell that he was not going to

Read More »

Syrian newspaper: Blair’s ‘hands smeared with innocents’ blood’

CW July 1, 2007 0

Haaretz A state-run Syrian newspaper on Saturday lambasted Tony’s Blair’s appointment as a special Middle East envoy, saying a man with “hands smeared with innocents’ blood” cannot be a peace envoy.Shortly after stepping down

Read More »

Blair named Middle East envoy

CW June 28, 2007 0

Tony Blair has been appointed as envoy for the Quartet group of Middle East negotiators after he stepped down as Britain’s prime minister. Members of the group – the United States, United Nations, European

Read More »

Tony Blair’s final press appearance – and Arnie came too

CW June 27, 2007 0

By Tomos Livingstone IC Wales TONY Blair spent his last day in power with Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Political Editor Tomos Livingstone went to say hasta la vista, Tony. Blair and Arnie’s get-together on

Read More »

Blair rejects call for EU referendum

CW June 25, 2007 0

Matthew Tempest, political correspondent Monday June 25, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Holding a referendum on the EU treaty would entail “sucking the energy out of the country for months”, Tony Blair said today. Making his

Read More »

Revealed: Blair’s secret plan to sack Gordon Brown

CW June 24, 2007 0

The Independent An explosive Cabinet Office document reveals that the departing Prime Minister had no intention of making a ‘smooth transition’ of power to Gordon Brown. Political Editor Marie Woolf reveals the detailed plans

Read More »

US ‘wants Blair’ for Mid-East job

CW June 21, 2007 0

Tony Blair has spoken to President Bush and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about becoming a Middle East envoy, a White House official says. Two senior US administration sources told the BBC that

Read More »

The Blair legacy

CW June 20, 2007 1

By Frances Webber RINF Alternative News As Blair leaves office, he leaves a country more divided – by race, class and status – than he found it. As Tony Blair finally relinquishes power, much

Read More »

Blair knew US had no post-war plan for Iraq

CW June 17, 2007 0

· PM committed troops despite chaos fears · Bush ‘offered to fight without UK’ Nicholas Watt, political editor Sunday June 17, 2007 The Observer Tony Blair agreed to commit British troops to battle in

Read More »

Anger at Blair’s ‘secret deal’ to sign new EU constitution

CW June 16, 2007 0

The Daily Mail  Tony Blair has been engulfed in a row over Europe after it became clear he is under huge pressure to sign a “son of constitution” treaty next week. A leaked letter

Read More »

Blair Wants To Restrict Freedom Of Speech Via Internet Journalism

CW June 12, 2007 1

By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News  The Telegraph newspaper is suggesting that Tony Blair is hinting towards new restrictions on Internet media. In a farewell lecture today, Blair said online reporting has become “more

Read More »

Blair Attacks British Media

CW June 12, 2007 0

By Bonnie Malkin and agencies The Telegraph Tony Blair has launched a scathing attack on the UK media describing it as “a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits”.   Tony Blair’s

Read More »

Taking liberties?

CW June 4, 2007 0

By Brian Wheeler Political reporter, BBC News People will only wake up to the destruction of their civil liberties when it is too late to do anything about it. Tony Blair was a ‘handy

Read More »

Blair will stand down on 27 June

CW May 10, 2007 0

Tony Blair has announced he will stand down as prime minister on 27 June. He made the announcement in a speech to party activists in his Sedgefield constituency, after earlier briefing the Cabinet on

Read More »

Civil servant guilty over Bush-Blair memo leak

CW May 9, 2007 0

Press Association A civil servant was today found guilty today of breaching the Official Secrets Act after he leaked an “extremely sensitive” memo detailing talks on Iraq between George Bush and Tony Blair. The

Read More »

Blair’s disastrous war in Iraq has made Britain a more dangerous place

CW May 7, 2007 0

As he prepares to leave Downing Street, the Prime Minister will this week receive well-deserved plaudits for his decade-long endeavour to bring peace to Northern Ireland. Terrorism on UK streets is transformed from 10

Read More »