Blair
Why single Tony Blair out for protest?
Tony Blair made a tentative return to politics last week as an advisor to the Labour Party. For a number of people on the left, including your humble servant, this did not sit particularly well. Many of us had hoped that under the stewardship of Ed Miliband the Labour Party would move beyond the privatisation and political cowardice of the “triangulation” years to a more confidently social democratic outlook
By James Bloodworth | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 17 July 2012 at 11:24 am
Generation Y are suffering from the recession – don’t tell us we’re not
If some of the more hysterical right wing papers are to be believed there is only one type of young person; the angry, feckless yob that graces the front of the tabloids carrying various electronic goods looted from Argos.
By Caroline Mortimer | Notebook | Monday, 16 July 2012 at 4:00 am
Today from i: From Don Corleone to Blair
Having heard the revelation that Tony Blair is godfather to RupertMurdoch and Wendi Deng’s daughter, Grace, i looks at other high-profile godparents fromthe Big Screen to Buckingham Palace. It’s a listwhich would impress Don Corleone himself.
By i paper | Notebook | Tuesday, 6 September 2011 at 12:41 pm
Was Blair obsessed with Iraq before 2001?
Blair was clearly keen on a tough international stance towards Saddam Hussein but I don’t get the impression that it could be described as an “obsession” for the former Prime Minister.
He out-Blaired Blair
It was a speech that hit Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Mandelson and the entire New Labour hierarchy – including his own brother David – over the head with their own playbook. Ed Miliband showed in one powerful punch that he got the first lesson of New Labour, namely; start by challenging your own party’s orthodoxies.
By Dr Russell Razzaque | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 29 September 2010 at 1:57 pm
Tony’s progress
Blair’s abuse of the prestige of his office to fill his pockets is not a sideshow to the tragedy of New Labour but the very heart of it
By C J Schuler | Arts, Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 11 August 2010 at 4:15 pm
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