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News Topic - Tony Blair

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Ashok Kumar obituary Teesside Labour MP with an unrivalled constituency recordAshok Kumar, who has died suddenly aged 53, was a diligent and committed constituency MP who had a reputation in the Labour party for achieving a record level of contact with the voters in his Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East constituenc ... more »
The Guardian | 10 hours, 37 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Matthew Norman: Gloria puts herself on the line for Gordon If tomorrow's historians rouse the interest to analyse media-government relations in the New Labour age, a chapter will be reserved for GMTV. The favoured conduit of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who offered Fiona Phillips a peerage and a ministerial post, the breakfast station has long bee ... more »
The Independent | Mar 15, 2010 12:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
In Praise of the Rotation of Power -- By: Charles Krauthammer As the Afghanistan War intensifies -- Marja, soon Kandahar, and the steady arrival of 30,000 new American troops -- it has come to be seen as Obama's war. Not so. It's become America's war. When the former opposition party -- habitually antiwar for the last four decades -- adopted, re ... more »
National Review Online | Mar 12, 2010 05:24 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Not Wasting the Crisis -- By: Andrew Stuttaford The EU's efforts to use the Greek crisis (a crisis made far worse by the way in which the eurozone's leadership--Merkel and others--facilitated what Greece was doing) to extend its own powers grind on. Daniel Hannan has news here on the latest turn of the screw:As predicted, the European P ... more »
National Review Online | Mar 11, 2010 3:24 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
The Dutch retreat | Ian Buruma Srebrenica's shadow hangs over the Dutch pullout from Afghanistan, but the Nato alliance is increasingly fragileThe Dutch army has been operating as part of Nato in a remote and unruly part of Afghanistan since 2006. Fighting against the Taliban has been heavy at times. Twenty-one Dutch lives h ... more »
The Guardian | Mar 11, 2010 12:15 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
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William Hague indicates the Foreign Office will escape cuts William Hague tells Britain's diplomats they will be at the heart of government, and warns the Treasury: hands off my patchRoll out the Rolls Royce, open up the wine cellars and ensure that our men and women across the globe still command the smartest pads in town. That is, in part, William Hag ... more »
The Guardian | Mar 10, 2010 09:36 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
The pros and cons of PFI hospitals Victoria Lambert look at the NHS hospitals built under Tony Blair's Private Finance Initiative.
Telegraph.co.uk | Mar 9, 2010 11:16 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Thought for the day: submitted by Leroy Bryant Lest we forget! Thought for the day: In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England’s Prime Minister Tony Blair’s words during a recent interview. When asked by one of his Parliament mem ... more »
Miller County Liberal | Mar 9, 2010 6:04 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend article from Colquitt, Georgia
Les utiles colères de Gordon Brown Comme beaucoup d'actualités en rapport avec Gordon Brown, une des dernières repose sur des éléments sans grand intérêt. Dimanche 21 février, l'hebdomadaire The Observer publiait un extrait du livre de l'éditorialiste Andrew Rawnsley The En ... more »
Slate Magazine | Mar 8, 2010 5:15 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
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Reel good THE QUEEN (2006)Sunday, 7:30 a.m., AMCHelen Mirren won an Oscar as Queen Elizabeth, who stays behind the walls of Balmoral Castle after the death of Princess Diana, keeping the massive crowds of mourning Diana loyalists at bay. Meanwhile, newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen...
New York Post | Mar 7, 2010 06:57 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
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