Even the literary critics have to wait until tomorrow for the Blair memoirs – but the book's contents are slowing spilling out onto the Internet this evening. A series of extracts has just been published on the official website, and the Guardian has extensive coverage, including an interview with the man himself. So far, there's nothing too surprising. Blair, for instance, lays int...
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Spectator on 31st Aug 2010 (via spectator.co.uk)
Tony Blair's controversial book finds itself in new section in bookshops.
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Telegraph on 4th Sep 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Tony Blair generously agreed to forgo a day or two of money-making to campaign for Gordon Brown. His wife, Cherie, and son Nicky are, however, struggling to make a profit at their internet gaming company.
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Telegraph on 1st May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Since leaving office, Tony Blair has adopted many roles. The international statesman. The guardian of Africa. The religious leader. The global businessman.
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Telegraph on 24th Sep 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
From the Guardian: At the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Obama lavished praise on Blair, who was the principal speaker. The president said: "I want to thank my good friend Tony Blair for coming today, somebody who did it first and perhaps did it better than I will do. He has been an example for so many people around the world of what dedicated leadership can accomplish. And w...
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Labourhome on 5th Feb 2009 (via labourhome.org)
The more that comes out about how Tony Blair and Gordon Brown behaved (or perhaps more accurately, how Gordon Brown behaved towards Tony Blair) the more you wonder quite what world they were living in. Here, courtesy of The Guardian’s Nicholas Watt, is one of the latest revelations of the sort of behaviour that would
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 29th Oct 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
It is profoundly depressing that Tony Blair has had to pull out of his London book signing. Whatever you think of Blair, he is a man who led his party to three general elections victories and is the second longest serving Prime Minister of the post-war era. There is something very wrong if he feels he has to cancel an appearance at a book shop because of the threat of disruption from protesters wh...
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Spectator on 6th Sep 2010 (via spectator.co.uk)
As reported by the BBC and in the Guardian, Times and Daily Mail, Tony Blair received his Medal of Freedom today, but did not receive his long-delayed* Congressional Gold Medal at the same ceremony. (*Phew, I almost said 'overdue' then;...
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Bloggerheads on 13th Jan 2009 (via bloggerheads.com)
Tony Blair has claimed his forthcoming memoirs will be a "frank" look back at his time in office, but a video posted online to promote the book raises questions over the book's content.
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Telegraph on 3rd Aug 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)