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The damning of Tony Blair (1)

Tony Blair is to face scathing criticism from the official inquiry into the Iraq War for the role he played in leading Britain into one of its biggest foreign policy fiascos in modern history. The Mail on Sunday has been … Continue reading

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Blair ‘tried’ to hush up hacking scandal (13)

Tony Blair urged Gordon Brown to persuade the Labour MP who led the campaign to expose News of the World phone-hacking to back off, friends of Mr Brown said last night. Well-placed sources said Mr Blair, who has close links … Continue reading

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A political feud that cost our soldiers dear (6)

The hostility between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown meant that the military was tasked with commitments that were not matched by sufficient resources. The resentments and recrimination that defined the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, as chronicled in … Continue reading

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Blair insists he did not deceive the nation (2)

Tony Blair has insisted at the Chilcot Inquiry that he did not deceive the nation over Iraq and defiantly declared that he was right to take action to stop Saddam Hussein, even though no weapons of mass destruction were found. … Continue reading

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Will Blair go to war again?

The TV trucks and protesters are ready. The former PM will take the Chilcot stand on Friday – but will it be Showdown Day or a classic British anticlimax, asks Andrew Gilligan. Jack Straw’s appearance before the Chilcot Inquiry, as … Continue reading

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Is Tony Blair a war criminal?

The Iraq war and its aftermath have seen the most contentious decisions taken by any British Government since 1945. Tony Blair stands accused of leading the country into war on a false prospectus, subordinating British interests to George W Bush … Continue reading

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Blair dumped (1)

The EU appointed Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian Prime Minister, and the British Trade Commissioner, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, to the two newly created posts of President and High Representative tonight, hours after Downing Street confirmed it had abandoned its … Continue reading

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Brown and Mandelson push for Blair

Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson are leading a last-ditch effort to have Tony Blair elected as EU president as the diplomatic wrangling over the new post entered its final stages yesterday. The Prime Minister made the case for his predecessor … Continue reading

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Blair Faces Resistance as Candidate for EU President

Tony Blair is facing louder criticism than anticipated in his bid to become the EU’s first president. Support for the former British prime minister appears to be waning in Berlin and Paris as resistance builds elsewhere in Europe. Is Blair … Continue reading

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Named and shamed

Army chiefs have laid the blame for the botched occupation of Iraq full square on the shoulders of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. In a devastating secret memo to the Iraq war inquiry, they say Mr Brown’s refusal as Chancellor … Continue reading

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Blair plan backfires

Tony Blair tried to stop the Iraq war inquiry being held in public as new evidence emerged suggesting that he knew Saddam Hussein may not have weapons of mass destruction. The former Prime Minister lobbied Sir Gus O’Donnell, the head … Continue reading

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