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US ‘wants Blair’ for Mid-East job
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
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 the PM's ...
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The Blair legacy
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007By 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 has been and will be written about the legacy of his ten years. In the fields of immigration and asylum, as in other fields, his reign presents a strange paradox. His government was responsible for bringing in ...
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Blair knew US had no post-war plan for Iraq
Sunday, June 17th, 2007· 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 Iraq in the full knowledge that Washington had failed to make adequate preparations for the postwar reconstruction of the country.In a devastating account of the chaotic preparations for the war, which comes as Blair ...
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Anger at Blair’s ’secret deal’ to sign new EU constitution
Saturday, June 16th, 2007The 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 by current EU president Angela Merkel revealed that a deal is being drafted to revive almost all the controversial elements of the flopped European Constitution. The disclosure sparked demands for a UK referendum on the new treaty ...
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Blair Wants To Restrict Freedom Of Speech Via Internet Journalism
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007By 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 pernicious and less balanced" than traditional political reporting. This is complete doublespeak. Today the Internet allows all of us, as the new RINF blogs demonstrate, that we are no longer restricted to the propaganda ...
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Blair Attacks British Media
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007By 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 leadership has been criticised for its use of spin
He said fierce competition for stories meant ...
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Taking liberties?
Monday, June 4th, 2007By 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 villain' for the film
That is the fear driving a new documentary film which ...
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Blair will stand down on 27 June
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
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 his plans.
Mr Blair received a standing ovation from ...
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Civil servant guilty over Bush-Blair memo leak
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007...
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Blair’s disastrous war in Iraq has made Britain a more dangerous place
Monday, May 7th, 2007As 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 years ago - it is much more deadly, more unpredictable and far harder to prevent. Francis Elliott reports on how the PM's crusades overseas have made Britain a prime target for Islamist terrorists The choreography of Tony ...
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Blair accused of fuelling terrorism and undermining war on poverty
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007Ben Russell and Nigel Morris Tony Blair is accused today of fuelling terrorism and undermining the campaign against world poverty with a series of foreign policy errors. A report by the Oxford Research Group (ORG), a think-tank, warned that the "war on terror" had made the world more dangerous. A separate study by Oxfam warned that Britain's ability to prevent human rights abuses had been undermined by the invasion of ...
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Children to ‘face criminal checks’
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
All children could face compulsory checks to discover if they are at risk of turning into criminals, according to new plans announced by the Prime Minister.
The controversial proposal would mean checks at important stages in a child's life, such as the move from primary to secondary school, Tony Blair said.
He also announced plans to further ...
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